Princeton Holt

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 .
Bio
Princeton enrolled in the New York Film Academy in September 2000 and soon founded the independent production company One Way or Another Productions LLC. He immediately began producing and directing music videos for local 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. 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 '. Soon afterwards he began 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.
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
* 2009 - Best Short Film - 10th Annual HBO New York International Latino Film Festival - Lalo
* 2009 - Honorable Mention Award - Twin Rivers Media Festival - Uptown
* 2009 - Best Leading Actress (Meissa Hampton) - Outhouse Film Festival - Uptown
* 2009 - Best Short Comedy - Downtown Film Festival (Los Angeles) - Lalo

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