Naomi Holwill

DirectorCinematographerEditorProducerCrew West Calder, West Lothian, Scotland, UK 2010–2025 (15 year career)

6.6 avg rating

Biography

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 …

Known For

Film

42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street

Editor

Film

Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed

Editor

Film

Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema

Director

Film

Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film

Editor

Film

Category III: The Untold Story of Hong Kong Exploitation Cinema

Director of Photography

Film

From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie

Editor

Film

Searching for Cannibal Holocaust

Self

Film

Prince: The Peach and Black Times

Cinematography

Filmography

Acting (1)

Movies (1)

Searching for Cannibal Holocaust

2021

as Self

4.4

Crew (52)

Movies (52)

The Unassuming Journeyman: The Exploitation Express of Ferdinando Baldi

2025

Director

8.0

The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo Documentary

2025

Director

The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo Documentary

2025

Director of Photography

The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo Documentary

2025

Editor

The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo Documentary

2025

Producer

England's Unknown Exploitation Film Eccentric: The Schlock Cinema Legacy of Lindsay Shonteff

2024

Director

Hong Kong Hustle: The Chinese Cinema Odyssey Of Stephen Chow

2024

Director

Ghost Girl Gone Global: How Sadako Terrorized Tinseltown

2024

Director

The Golden Boy

2023

Editor

Fine Archery: The Brave Archer Franchise

2023

Producer

From Shaw to Snakes: The Venom and Violence of Early Chinese Language Horror Cinema

2023

Director

Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie Film

2022

Director

The Young General: Reflections on Michael Reeves

2022

Cinematography

8.0

Searching for Cannibal Holocaust

2021

Cinematography

4.4

Searching for Cannibal Holocaust

2021

Editor

4.4

A Very English Exploitation: Inseminoid and the Shock Cinema of Norman J. Warren

2020

Editor

The Emmanuelle Effect

2020

Director

Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film King

2020

Cinematography

An Italian Aenigma: Appraising Late Day Fulci

2020

Director

Tactics: Reflections on a Seventies Horror Classic

2020

Editor

From Rollerball to Rome - Reflection on a Sci-Fi Classic

2020

Director

Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema

2019

Director

6.5

Franco-Philes: Musings on Madrid's B-Movie Maverick

2019

Editor

Prince: The Peach and Black Times

2019

Cinematography

6.5

All Eyes on Lenzi: The Life and Times of the Italian Exploitation Titan

2018

Producer

6.0

Me Me Lai Bites Back

2018

Director

Category III: The Untold Story of Hong Kong Exploitation Cinema

2018

Director of Photography

5.5

Category III: The Untold Story of Hong Kong Exploitation Cinema

2018

Editor

5.5

Category III: The Untold Story of Hong Kong Exploitation Cinema

2018

Producer

5.5

Brain Food: Analysing Late Day Fulci

2018

Producer

7.0

Seeding of a Trend: The Birth of Hong Kong Splatter Cinema

2017

Director

The Life, Legend and Legacy of Donald P. Borchers

2016

Director

42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street

2015

Editor

7.8

42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street

2015

Producer

7.8

Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film

2015

Editor

7.3

Raw, Rough and Rabid: The Lacerating Legacy of Cinépix

2015

Producer

5.0

Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed

2014

Editor

8.0

Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed

2014

Producer

8.0

There Goes the Neighborhood: The Making of The 'Burbs

2014

Editor

4.1

Behind the Swinging Blade

2014

Producer

Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'

2014

Producer

5.5

All About the Girl: Memories of a Giallo Gem

2014

Editor

6.0

All About the Girl: Memories of a Giallo Gem

2014

Producer

6.0

Cannon Fodder: The Making of Lifeforce

2013

Editor

Cannon Fodder: The Making of Lifeforce

2013

Producer

From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie

2012

Editor

5.7

Naschy of the Full Moon

2011

Editor

10.0

Naschy of the Full Moon

2011

Producer

10.0

Dario Argento's Monkey Business: The Making of Phenomena

2011

Animation

7.0

Dario Argento's Monkey Business: The Making of Phenomena

2011

Editor

7.0

Dario Argento's Monkey Business: The Making of Phenomena

2011

Producer

7.0

The Other Mother: Making 'The Black Cat'

2010

Editor