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

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Known For

Blue's Clues

Blue's Clues

1996 • Director

Basquiat

Basquiat

1996 • Story Developer

Basquiat

Basquiat

1996 • Second Unit Director

Beat Street

Beat Street

1984 • Producer

Eureeka's Castle

Eureeka's Castle

• Producer

Eureeka's Castle

Eureeka's Castle

• Director

Filmography

2023

Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World
as Self
TV - Released: 1/21/2023

2022

Jean-Michel Basquiat, artiste absolu
Jean-Michel Basquiat, artiste absolu
as Self - Musician, hip-hop historian, co-founder of the group Gray
Movie - Released: 6/24/2022

2021

Sk8r Grrl
Sk8r Grrl
Movie - Released: 12/31/2021

2018

Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/19/2018

2017

Basquiat: Rage to Riches
Basquiat: Rage to Riches
as Self (Writer, filmmaker)
Movie - Released: 10/7/2017

2014

Movie
Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio
as Himself
Movie - Released: 7/17/2014

2010

Basquiat, Une Vie
Basquiat, Une Vie
as Himself
Movie - Released: 10/10/2010
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/25/2010

2009

Downtown Calling
Downtown Calling
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/24/2009

2005

TV Party
TV Party
as Self
Movie - Released: 8/3/2005

2004

And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
as Self
Movie - Released: 4/2/2004
TV
My Coolest Years
as Himself
TV - Released: 12/6/2004

2001

Downtown '81
Downtown '81
as Michael
Movie - Released: 7/13/2001

1999

The Hip Hop Years
The Hip Hop Years
as Self
TV - Released: 1/1/1999

1997

Michael Holman Presents The New York City Breakers Volume 2
Michael Holman Presents The New York City Breakers Volume 2
Movie - Released: 1/23/1997

1984

Graffiti Rock
Graffiti Rock
as Himself - Host
TV - Released: 6/29/1984

1972

Fillmore
Fillmore
as Himself - Performer
Movie - Released: 6/14/1972