Louis Holder is a Freelance Film Editor, Colourist & Post-Production Supervisor with a proven track record for delivering informative, entertaining and memorable stories swiftly and on-budget. He has worked across a diverse array of genres and platforms including Dramas, Documentaries, Feature Films, Short Films, Music Videos and alternative content for social media and digital platforms.
Having completed his studies on the world-renowned Film BA (Hons) at Westminster Film School, where he specialised in Producing, Editing & Sound - he is now undertaking both the AVID Certified User & Certified Professional Courses, whilst working as a freelancer for a multitude of creatives, clients and production companies.
Projects
- Cinema Now (2022)A fragmented collection of closed cinemas in London during lockdown, captured on Super 8mm film. To put it straightforwardly; Cinema Now is a short, observational documentary film (shot and presented in the contemporary 'Direct Cinema' style) depicting closed cinemas from the point of view of their exteriors in and amongst the London cityscape. During the COVID-19 pandemic thus far, cinemas around the country (and indeed the world) have been closed and left (largely) without government fundin
- Three (2022)THREE is a coming-of-age film about three Black Cuban women living together. It explores the daughters emotions towards a new change in their lives, with their mother leaving to get re-married starting a new chapter in her life, allowing the two daughters to independently grow and also take care of their family home. The film is the graduation project of upcoming filmmaker Destinie Paige and was edited by Louis Holder on AVID Media Composer Ultimate 2021. Assistant Editor: Philip Kapadia (AVI
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Projects credited in
- Ball-Pit. Wednesday. Lemonade (2022)A boy finds solace in a ball pit, at a soft play enclosure, until he is sucked down into an alternate dimension and greets his older self. A surreal whimsical film, with a healthy dose of horror, shot on two formats (Digital and VHS!) showing two worlds, past and future, colliding.
- GABRIELAA short experimental documentary, Gabriela is Kotiga’s love letter to her best friend, Gabriela; but also to herself, and to the ever-confusing sphere of the in-between they both inhabit. It is a story about two unbounded lives; two young women who share the experience of un-belonging. A layered exploration of the female voice, subjectivity and power, Gabriela fuses the subject and the object, posing the question who are stories really about; and can they ever be only about one person.
Work history
Arts Editor
Full Time
Executive Producer - 'For Mum'
London, United KingdomFreelance
Westminster Film School
Executive Producer of an exciting new short film Written & Produced by Ross Dixon and Co-Directed by Westminster Film Students Oscar Perillo and Ross Dixon.
[Extracted from 'For Mum' IndieGoGo Crowdfunding Campaign Page]:
'For Mum' is a short fictional drama film based in London following a young artist as she discovers the truth about her mother's death. With an approximate 20 minute run time and complex content this is a very ambitious project to get off the ground in this budget range. However with the right amount of support, our amazingly dedicated team and wealth of creative power we are confident that we can make the ambition to create a brilliant short film a reality.
Executive Producer on this project entails that I will be there to give advice and oversight to the filmmakers on their execution, scheduling and distribution plans, and during principal photography, as well as support them directly during their prospective film festival submission and independent distribution plans.
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Skills
- Directing Film
- Film Producing
- Film Festivals
- Digital Marketing
- Content Distribution
- Production Management
- Advertising PR
- Video/film Editing
- Event Cinematography
- Avid
- Avid Editing
- Video Art
- Video Postproduction
- Video Editing
- Post Production
- Film Post-production
Education
Editing and Post-ProductionLondon South Bank University
- Southwark, London, United Kingdom
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Film BA (Hons)Westminster film school
- Watford Road, Northwick Park, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3TP, UK
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