Naomi Holwill
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Born in Lauder in the Scottish Borders, Naomi Holwill holds an MA in Art and Design, with distinction, and set-up the production company High Rising Productions, alongside Calum Waddell, in 2009. The outfit is responsible for a number of documentaries and featurettes that have appeared on global Blu-Ray and DVD releases, usually focused on cult films and filmmakers. In the space of her career in Blu-Ray and DVD feature production, Holwill has filmed many notable names and also directed a number of acclaimed full-length documentaries - for instance, her acclaimed documentary "Me Me Me Lai Bites Back" tracks the rise of seventies sex symbol Me Me Lai, one of the very first British-Asian pin-ups whose story had been previously untold. She multi-tasks in filming, editing, producing and - when the job calls on it - even directing.
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The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo Documentary (2025)
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Category III: The Untold Story of Hong Kong Exploitation Cinema (2018)
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Hong Kong Hustle: The Chinese Cinema Odyssey Of Stephen Chow (2024)
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Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed (2014)
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Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film (2015)
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Naschy of the Full Moon (2011)
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42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street (2015)
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The Other Mother: Making 'The Black Cat' (2010)
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Ladies of Italian Horror (2012)
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All About the Girl: Memories of a Giallo Gem (2014)
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Slicing At The Stars (2023)
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Behind the Swinging Blade (2014)
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A Very English Exploitation: Inseminoid and the Shock Cinema of Norman J. Warren (2020)
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Cannon Fodder: The Making of Lifeforce (2013)
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Franco-Philes: Musings on Madrid's B-Movie Maverick (2019)
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The Unassuming Journeyman: The Exploitation Express of Ferdinando Baldi (2025)
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Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie Film (2022)
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Searching for Cannibal Holocaust (2021)
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The Young General: Reflections on Michael Reeves (2022)
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Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film King (2020)
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From Shaw to Snakes: The Venom and Violence of Early Chinese Language Horror Cinema (2023)
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Dario Argento's Monkey Business: The Making of Phenomena (2011)
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From Rollerball to Rome - Reflection on a Sci-Fi Classic (2020)
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Brain Food: Analysing Late Day Fulci (2018)
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Prince: The Peach and Black Times (2019)
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All Eyes on Lenzi: The Life and Times of the Italian Exploitation Titan (2018)
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The Golden Boy (2023)
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There Goes the Neighborhood: The Making of The 'Burbs (2014)
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From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie (2012)
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Fine Archery: The Brave Archer Franchise (2023)
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Raw, Rough and Rabid: The Lacerating Legacy of Cinépix (2015)
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The Life, Legend and Legacy of Donald P. Borchers (2016)
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Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers' (2014)
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Tactics: Reflections on a Seventies Horror Classic (2020)
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