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* 2009 - Best Leading Actress (Meissa Hampton) - Outhouse Film Festival - [[Uptown_(film)|Uptown]]
* 2009 - Best Leading Actress (Meissa Hampton) - Outhouse Film Festival - [[Uptown_(film)|Uptown]]
* 2009 - Best Short Comedy - Downtown Film Festival ([[Los_Angeles|Los Angeles]]) - ''Lalo''
* 2009 - Best Short Comedy - Downtown Film Festival ([[Los_Angeles|Los Angeles]]) - ''Lalo''

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Princeton Holt
Occupation(s)film producer, screenwriter, film director
Years active2000-present
AwardsHonorable Mention Award for Uptown Twin Rivers Media Festival 2009)

Princeton Holt (born April 27, 1975) is an award-winning independent American producer based in New York City.

Family

Princeton is the only son of Princeton Henry Holt - a Brooklyn-born minister, author and playwright. His mother, Dr. Gazetta Holt-Roberts was born in Birmingham, Alabama and is an editor and musician with a PH.D in Education. His sister is model-musician Shannone Holt, who appeared on Bravo's Project Runway (Season 5).

College

While an English major in college, Princeton became the editor of the school newspaper. He soon enrolled himself in the New York Film Academy in September 2000 immediately after seeing PT Anderson's film Magnolia. He has recalled enjoying his time at the academy, where he had professors that soon became his favorites, including award winning writer-director Dylan Kidd (Roger Dodger, P.S..) and prolific, award-winning cinematographer Harlan Bosmajian (Lovely & Amazing, Shadowboxer, Brother to Brother). There he directed a number of short films on 16mm film. It was there that he also founded the independent production company One Way or Another Productions LLC, a name he chose after one of his professors suggested that he choose a name that fit his attitude.

First Works

Princeton immediately began producing and directing music videos for locals artists and commercials including a local spot for Verizon Wireless. In 2005, he wrote, directed and produced Phish, which premiered at the National Black Media Conference Film Festival in Philadelphia. Along with Phish, he received write-ups in the New Jersey-based newspaper The Star Ledger, as well as others. Soon he appeared on the Manhattan-based TV show "Urban Movie Review," where the film was well reviewed as well as featured on the show. In 2008, he produced and directed his first feature length film Cookies & Cream. The film played on the worldwide film festival circuit generating critical acclaim, and recently landed a distribution deal only a year after its premiere.

In the summer of 2008, Princeton worked in the production office of the hit TV Show “Law and Order SVU (Season 10). It is there that he used the opportunity to not become a part of an already established system, but instead to observe the business from the inside. He regularly picked the brain of show's producers to learn how they turned out multiple episodes in a short amount of time. Taking notes, Princeton was determined to use this method and apply it to independent filmmaking. Like his hero Roger Corman, he began feverishly building a catalog of specific, critically acclaimed, ultra low budget feature films. Those films include Brian Ackley's critically acclaimed debut feature film Uptown which also won awards and secured a distribution deal, Kent Sutton's debut film Miranda, and others.

His second feature as a director is currently in development. Princeton is represented in NYC by Gregory A. Thomson Esq.

Filmography

  • Phish (2006 - also wrote and directed)
  • Lalo (2008)
  • Cookies & Cream (2009 feature - also wrote and directed)
  • Uptown (2009 feature)
  • Carter (2009 feature)
  • One Hour 2 Live (2009)
  • Miranda (2010 feature)

Awards

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