Alex Holder is a British documentary filmmaker, founder and managing director of AJH Films.
Alex Holder | |
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Occupation | Director / Cinematographer / Editor / Line Producer |
Years active | 2016–present |
Known for | Documentaries |
Notable work | Unprecedented |
Website | ajhfilms |
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 early works also include Bad Boy Chiller Crew, a 2021 series about Bad Boy Chiller Crew, an English bassline collective from Bradford.[3][1]
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 the 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]
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]
Year | Film | Type | Credits | Runtime |
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2022 | Unprecedented | Documentary, 3 episodes | Producer, 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 |
Year | Award | Film | Status | Note |
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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 |
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