Allan Holzman

Background

About Allan Holzman

Allan has proven himself a skilled filmmaking chameleon. His work as the director-editor of Steven Spielberg’s SURVIVORS OF THE HOLOCAUST, won Allan two Emmy Awards and a Peabody. His feature documentaries OLD MAN RIVER and SOUNDS OF MEMPHIS earned a combined eight best documentary film awards. He has just completed his ten year project: THE ART OF DIRECTING. The four feature documentaries based on AFI's HAROLD LLOYD MASTER SEMINAR SERIES from the 70's and early 80's features a very young STEVEN SPIELBERG, DAVID LEAN, ALFRED HITCHCOCK, FRANK CAPRA, JOHN HUSTON and FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT.Allan has directed five narrative feature films including the hilarious, action-packed MUTANT (aka Forbidden World), recently released by Shout and the faux documentary GRUNT! THE WRESTLING MOVIE. His psychological thriller, INTIMATE STRANGER with Deborah Harry still stands as Showtime’s highest rated film.Allan has edited interactive, multi-screen video for 20th Century Fox, The Titanic Attraction; whimsical documentaries accompanying the DVD releases of Walt Disney classics CINDERELLA, THE LION KING, ALADDIN, LADY AND THE TRAMP, and POCAHONTAS.His more recent feature documentaries that he produced, directed and edited: SHELDON LEONARD'S WONDERFUL LIFE, MY MARILYN,T, THE INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOL EXPERIENCE, and INVISIBLE ART/VISIBLE ARTISTS. Recently he has edited pop culture-filled feature documentaries: PICASSO'S CHRIST, DARE TO BE DIFFERENT, and TREK NATION.His documentary THE PROFESSOR, features UC Berkeley’s Landscape Architecture professor Chip Sullivan. His new books to be released this summer and fall, CELLULOID WARS: WHAT I LEARNED ON BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS and CELLULOID WARS: WHAT I LEARNED ON FORBIDDEN WORLD are based on his experiences editing and directing for Roger Corman with a companion feature documentary C-C-CUT: AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A STUTTERING FILMMAKER.