Alex Holder
Alex Holder | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Director |
| Years active | 2016–present |
| Known for | Documentaries |
| Notable work | Unprecedented |
| Website | ajhfilms |
Alex Holder is a British documentary filmmaker, founder and managing director of AJH Films.
Life and career
[edit]Before Unprecedented Holder describes himself as a previously “pretty unknown quantity”, but he was a producer on the 2016 Tribeca film Keep Quiet. It is a 2016 documentary about an anti-Semitic politician (Csanád Szegedi, a co-founder of the far-right Hungarian political party Jobbik) who finds out he’s Jewish.[1][2]
His works also include Bad Boy Chiller Crew, a 2021 series about Bad Boy Chiller Crew, an English bassline collective from Bradford.[3][1]
Unprecedented
[edit]Alex spent two years working on a documentary film about Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign and the aftermath. The film premiered on July 10, 2022, on Discovery+. The three-part series features interviews with the former president; his children Ivanka, Eric and Don Jr.; Jared Kushner and former Vice President Mike Pence; as well as footage shot at the Capitol on Jan. 6.[1] The filmmakers have stated that the delay of the film's release was not intentional, but due to the needs of production.[4] According to Holder, the Trump’s didn’t have editorial control over the documentary.[3]
Holder was subpoenaed by the Jan 6 Committee to hand over raw footage he possessed from filming Unprecedented,[5] in the final months of 2020 and early 2021.[6] The Jan 6 Committee were specifically interested in "raw footage taken on 6th January 2021; raw footage of interviews with President Donald J. Trump, Donald J. Trump, Jr., Ivanka Trump, Eric Trump, Jared Kushner; and Vice President Mike Pence; raw footage pertaining to discussions of election fraud or election integrity surrounding the November 2020 presidential election".[7] Holder testified in a closed-door deposition before the Committee on 23 June 2022.[8]
Holder has been accused of being a British or US spy and got a security detail,[9] appeared on CNN and MSNBC.[3][1] He has been ordered to give evidence to an investigation in Georgia, too, which is looking at whether Trump pressured state officials to influence the 2020 election in the state.[9]
Some of "the most intriguing material associated with Unprecedented" didn’t make it into the film, however it was included in the Jan 6. committee’s request for footage.[10]
Ongoing projects
[edit]His next documentary is on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.[11] Among those who will take part in the film are Noam Chomsky, Nickolay Mladenov, and Tony Blair.[2]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Film | Type | Credits | Runtime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Unprecedented | Documentary, 3 episodes | Director | 2 hours 28 minutes |
| 2021 | Bad Boy Chiller Crew | Documentary, 6 episodes | Executive producer | 6 x 45 minutes |
| 2016 | Keep Quiet | Documentary | Producer | 1 hour 30 minutes |
Awards
[edit]| Year | Award | Film | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Cinema for Peace Awards | Keep Quiet | Winner | Most Valuable Documentary of the Year |
| 2017 | Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival | Keep Quiet | Nominee | ACT Award |
| 2016 | Tribeca Film Festival | Keep Quiet | Nominee | Best Documentary Feature |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Kilkenny, Katie. "A Succession-Type Vibe: Alex Holder Reveals Details About His Trump Doc After Testifying Before Jan. 6 Committee". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- ^ a b "AJH Films". AJH Films.
- ^ a b c Schwarz, D. Hunter (July 6, 2022). "Who is Alex Holder, the Jan. 6 documentary filmmaker behind 'Unprecedented'?". Deseret News. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
- ^ "'There Was No Way to Have a Rational Conversation With Him' Filmmaker Alex Holder on his interviews with Trump after January 6". Intelligencer. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ "Unseen Trump tapes subpoenaed by House panel investigating Jan. 6". Politico. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ^ "CBS News obtains images from documentary film footage given to Jan. 6 panel". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ^ Klein, Charlotte (2022-06-23). "Potentially Explosive Documentary Of Trumps May Take Center Stage at Upcoming Jan. 6 Hearings". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ^ Haberman, Maggie (2022-06-23). "Documentary Filmmaker Emerges as Potentially Key Jan. 6 Witness". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ^ a b "Jan 6 hearings: Trump film-maker now has 'two armed guards'". BBC. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- ^ "A new Trump doc was subpoenaed by Jan. 6 committee. It's not as revelatory as it sounds". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Schwarz, D. Hunter (July 6, 2022). "Who is Alex Holder, the Jan. 6 documentary filmmaker behind 'Unprecedented'?". Deseret News. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
Further reading
[edit]- Cortellessa, Eric (July 7, 2022). "How a First-Time Director Scored Unequaled Access to Trump". Time. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
- Hart, Benjamin (June 29, 2022). "Filmmaker Alex Holder Says Trump Was 'Utterly Irrational' After January 6". Intelligencer. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
- Kilkenny, Katie (June 28, 2022). "A Succession'-Type Vibe': Alex Holder Reveals Details About His Trump Doc After Testifying Before Jan. 6 Committee". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
External links
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