2025Winner
Best Director
The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo Documentary
Naomi Holwill
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
West Calder, West Lothian, Scotland, UK
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 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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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2018Nominee
Best Performance
Category III: The Untold Story of Hong Kong Exploitation Cinema
2014Winner
Best Picture
Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed
Career Highlights
2024Highlight
Best Director
Hong Kong Hustle: The Chinese Cinema Odyssey Of Stephen Chow
2015Highlight
Best Performance
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
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Category III: The Untold Story of Hong Kong Exploitation Cinema
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street