Michael Holman
Biography
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
My Coolest Years
2004
The Hip Hop Years
1999
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World
2023
Graffiti Rock
1984
0And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
2004
Last Days at the Fillmore
1972
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
2010
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
2018
Basquiat: Rage to Riches
2017
TV Party
2005
Jean-Michel Basquiat, artiste absolu
2022
Downtown '81
2001
Filmography
My Coolest Years
as Himself · 2004
The Hip Hop Years
as Self · 1999
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World
as Self · 2023
Graffiti Rock
as Himself - Host · 1984
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
as Self · 2004
Last Days at the Fillmore
as Himself - Performer · 1972
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
as Self · 2010
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
as Self · 2018
Basquiat: Rage to Riches
as Self (Writer, filmmaker) · 2017
TV Party
as Self · 2005
Jean-Michel Basquiat, artiste absolu
as Self - Musician, hip-hop historian, co-founder of the group Gray · 2022
Downtown '81
as Michael · 2001
Michael Holman Presents The New York City Breakers Volume 2
· 1997
Sk8r Grrl
· 2021
Downtown Calling
as Self · 2009
Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio
as Himself · 2014
Basquiat, Une Vie
as Himself · 2010