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Michael Holman

Michael Holman

An influential observer of popular culture and entertainment, Michael Holman is a filmmaker, artist, writer, and musician, based in New York City. A pioneer in the Downtown New York Art Scene and Uptown Hip Hop Scene, Holman founded the band Gray - an industrial atmospheric, noise group - with painter Jean-Michel Basquiat, as well as created and produced the first Hip Hop television show, Graffiti Rock in 1984

Known for

Jean-Michel Basquiat, artiste absolu
Jean-Michel Basquiat, artiste absolu
2022 • Self - Musician, hip-hop historian, co-founder of the group Gray
Sk8r Grrl
Sk8r Grrl
2021
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
2018 • Self
Basquiat: Rage to Riches
Basquiat: Rage to Riches
2017 • Self (Writer, filmmaker)
Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio
2014 • Himself
Basquiat, Une Vie
Basquiat, Une Vie
2010 • Himself
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
2010 • Self
Downtown Calling
Downtown Calling
2009 • Self

Full filmography

Jean-Michel Basquiat, artiste absolu
Jean-Michel Basquiat, artiste absolu
2022 • Self - Musician, hip-hop historian, co-founder of the group Gray
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Basquiat: Rage to Riches
Basquiat: Rage to Riches
2017 • Self (Writer, filmmaker)
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TV Party
TV Party
2005 • Self
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Downtown '81
Downtown '81
2001 • Michael
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Fillmore
Fillmore
1972 • Himself - Performer
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Michael Holman – Biography, Known For & Filmography