WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
(The Bulletpoints)
Over 30 years professional experience in the motion picture industry
Multi-award winning filmmaker (awards for directing, writing and cinematography)
Most recognizable titles: Dexter (Consultant), Minority Report (Visual Effects Cinematographer), Surviving Christmas (Visual Effects Cinematographer), Mr. Deeds (Visual Effects Cinematographer), Femme Fatales (2nd Unit Director, Cinematographer; Director/Cinematographer/Producer opening titles), Paranoid (Director/Producer/Cinematographer), Project MyWorld (Developing Producer)
Director for 12 years
As Director: two feature narrative films, one documentary film, one reality television series, segments for three anthology feature films, second unit director on television series, ten short films, two web series, six corporate/industrial projects, five spec commercials, one music video, one educational documentary mini-series
Producer for over 20 years
As Producer: Nine feature films, fifteen short films, one documentary feature, one educational documentary mini-series, two web series, ten corporate/industrial projects, ten spec commercials, three music videos, six commercials, two reality television series, three television pilots
Former Cinematographer for over 10 years
As Cinematographer: Five feature films, three television series, ten commercials, twenty corporate/industrial, one documentary feature, twenty five short films
Author of 3 commercially-published books on cinematography - including the latest The Cine Lens Manual
Author of over 1,000,000 published words on the art and science of filmmaking (over 300 articles)
Associate member of the American Society of Cinematographers
Chair of the American Society of Cinematographers Motion Imaging Technology Council Lens Committee, Co-Chair of the ASC MITC VIrtual Production Committee, Chair of the ASC Award Documentary Award Committee, Chair of the ASC MITC Next Generation Cinema Display Committee Standard Evaluation Material 2.0 Working Group
Former professional actor and member of the Screen Actor's Guild
Professional experience in every department in production and post with the exceptions of hair/makeup, stunts, catering and music composition
Two of Holben's short films are collected in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Film Collection