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| ==Career== | ==Career== |
| === Film production === | ===Film production=== |
| Holland owns The Group Entertainment, which includes a film production company, talent management division, a music company and an art gallery, The Green Building Gallery.<ref>{{cite web|author=Green is growing |url=http://www.thegreenbuilding.net/articles/archives.html |title=Sustainable Design and Architecture | US Green Building Council | Solar Panels |publisher=The Green Building |date=March 14, 2008 |accessdate=October 1, 2013}}</ref> In the past, The Group Entertainment also included a talent management company. Holland has produced more than 100 feature films including ''[[Hurricane Streets]]'' which was the first film ever to win three [[Sundance Film Festival]] awards in 1997 as well as the [[Cannes Film Festival]] selection ''[[Inside/Out (1997 film)|Inside/Out]]'', the [[Independent Spirit Awards]] winner ''[[Sweet Land]]'' and nominee ''[[Dear Jesse]]'' (also nominated for an [[Emmy]]), the [[Gotham Awards]] nominee ''[[Spring Forward]]'', ''FLOW: For Love of Water'', which was short-listed for an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]],<ref name="norway1998" /> and 2017 SXSW winner ''[[Most Beautiful Island]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://insiderlouisville.com/lifes...ful-island-wins-top-award-at-sxsw/|title=Gill Holland-produced film 'Most Beautiful Island' wins top award at SXSW - Insider Louisville|date=March 16, 2017|work=Insider Louisville|access-date=April 24, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> Holland was an important part of the promotion strategy for ''[[Desert Blue|Desert Blue (1998)]],'' a movie he produced. Samuel Goldwyn, the film's distributor, placed an ad in New York City newspapers that read simply: [https://independent-magazine.org/2004/05/01/networking-101/ "If you know Gill Holland, see this movie."] | Holland owns The Group Entertainment, which includes a film production company, talent management division, a music company and an art gallery, The Green Building Gallery.<ref>{{cite web|author=Green is growing |url=http://www.thegreenbuilding.net/articles/archives.html |title=Sustainable Design and Architecture | US Green Building Council | Solar Panels |publisher=The Green Building |date=March 14, 2008 |accessdate=October 1, 2013}}</ref> In the past, The Group Entertainment also included a talent management company. Holland has produced more than 100 feature films including ''[[Hurricane Streets]]'' which was the first film ever to win three [[Sundance Film Festival]] awards in 1997 as well as the [[Cannes Film Festival]] selection ''[[Inside/Out (1997 film)|Inside/Out]]'', the [[Independent Spirit Awards]] winner ''[[Sweet Land]]'' and nominee ''[[Dear Jesse]]'' (also nominated for an [[Emmy]]), the [[Gotham Awards]] nominee ''[[Spring Forward]]'', ''FLOW: For Love of Water'', which was short-listed for an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]],<ref name="norway1998" /> and 2017 SXSW winner ''[[Most Beautiful Island]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://insiderlouisville.com/lifes...ful-island-wins-top-award-at-sxsw/|title=Gill Holland-produced film 'Most Beautiful Island' wins top award at SXSW - Insider Louisville|date=March 16, 2017|work=Insider Louisville|access-date=April 24, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> Holland was an important part of the promotion strategy for ''[[Desert Blue|Desert Blue (1998)]],'' a movie he produced. Samuel Goldwyn, the film's distributor, placed an ad in New York City newspapers that read simply: [https://independent-magazine.org/2004/05/01/networking-101/ "If you know Gill Holland, see this movie."] |
| He has served on many film festival panels and juries, including 1999 [[Sundance Film Festival]] short film jury, [[Norwegian International Film Festival]] for the [[Amanda Award]]s and the [[Academy Award]]s, Student Division (2002 and 2003). | He has served on many film festival panels and juries, including 1999 [[Sundance Film Festival]] short film jury, [[Norwegian International Film Festival]] for the [[Amanda Award]]s and the [[Academy Award]]s, Student Division (2002 and 2003). |
| Holland founded cineBLAST!, which ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' in 1999 and 2000 called one of the top ten production companies in New York City. He was an editor<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Rafferty |first=Diane |url=http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1996/03/18/1996_03_18_040_TNY_CARDS_000374836 |title=The Talk of the Town: Brothers From Another Planet |magazine=The New Yorker |date=March 11, 1996 |accessdate=October 1, 2013}}</ref> before he sold cineBLAST! in 2000 at the height of the tech boom.<ref name="bizjournals2007"/> Before that he worked for three years at the French Film Office / [[Unifrance]] after a brief stint at October Films.<ref name="villagevoice1998">{{cite web|author=Toni Schlesinger |author-link=Toni Schlesinger |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/1998-06-30/news/reel-life/ |title=Reel Life – Page 1 – News – New York |publisher=Village Voice |date=June 30, 1998 |accessdate=October 1, 2013}}</ref> | Earlier in his career, Holland founded cineBLAST!, which ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' in 1999 and 2000 named one of the top ten production companies in New York City<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Rafferty |first=Diane |url=http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1996/03/18/1996_03_18_040_TNY_CARDS_000374836 |title=The Talk of the Town: Brothers From Another Planet |magazine=The New Yorker |date=March 11, 1996 |accessdate=October 1, 2013}}</ref> before he sold the company in 2000 at the height of the tech boom.<ref name="bizjournals2007"/> Prior to that, that he worked for three years at [[Unifrance]] after a brief stint at [[October Films]].<ref name="villagevoice1998">{{cite web|author=Toni Schlesinger |author-link=Toni Schlesinger |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/1998-06-30/news/reel-life/ |title=Reel Life – Page 1 – News – New York |publisher=Village Voice |date=June 30, 1998 |accessdate=October 1, 2013}}</ref> |
| ===Record label=== | |
| Holland is also the founder of [[sonaBLAST! Records]], an [[independent record label]] featuring [[Ben Sollee]], [[Nerves Junior]], [[Kyle James Hauser]], [[Cheyenne Marie Mize]],<ref name="leoweekly1">{{cite web |author=J. Christian Walsh |url=http://leoweekly.com/dining/dining-guide-2010-gill-holland-it’s-all-about-mayan-café |title=Dining Guide 2010: For Gill Holland, it's all about the Mayan Café | Louisville's Alt-Weekly |publisher=LEO Weekly |date=October 13, 2010 |accessdate=October 1, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2012072...ssue-2007-that-sound-you-hear-innovation-pt-5 |archive-date=July 22, 2012 }}</ref> [[The Old Ceremony]],<ref name="leoweekly2007">{{cite web|url=http://leoweekly.com/music/sight-unsound/music-issue-2007-that-sound-you-hear-innovation-pt-5 |title=Music Issue 2007: That sound you hear is innovation (pt 5) | Louisville's Alt-Weekly |publisher=LEO Weekly |date=July 24, 2007 |accessdate=October 1, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2012072...ssue-2007-that-sound-you-hear-innovation-pt-5 |archive-date=July 22, 2012 }}</ref> and [[Irish people|Irish]] singer-songwriter [[Mark Geary]], whose 2004 release ''Ghosts'' featuring backing vocals by [[Josh Ritter]] and [[Glen Hansard]] is nearing [[Gold Record|gold]] status and received critical acclaim in Ireland and the USA. He has also worked with [[Jack Harlow]] on his first EP, whose single "What's Poppin" went to the number two spot on the Billboard Charts. The company moved with Holland to [[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]] in 2006.<ref name="leoweekly2007"/> | Holland is also the founder of [[sonaBLAST! Records]], an [[independent record label]] featuring [[Ben Sollee]], [[Nerves Junior]], [[Kyle James Hauser]], [[Cheyenne Marie Mize]],<ref name="leoweekly1">{{cite web |author=J. Christian Walsh |url=http://leoweekly.com/dining/dining-guide-2010-gill-holland-it’s-all-about-mayan-café |title=Dining Guide 2010: For Gill Holland, it's all about the Mayan Café | Louisville's Alt-Weekly |publisher=LEO Weekly |date=October 13, 2010 |accessdate=October 1, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2012072...ssue-2007-that-sound-you-hear-innovation-pt-5 |archive-date=July 22, 2012 }}</ref> [[The Old Ceremony]],<ref name="leoweekly2007">{{cite web|url=http://leoweekly.com/music/sight-unsound/music-issue-2007-that-sound-you-hear-innovation-pt-5 |title=Music Issue 2007: That sound you hear is innovation (pt 5) | Louisville's Alt-Weekly |publisher=LEO Weekly |date=July 24, 2007 |accessdate=October 1, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2012072...ssue-2007-that-sound-you-hear-innovation-pt-5 |archive-date=July 22, 2012 }}</ref> and [[Irish people|Irish]] singer-songwriter [[Mark Geary]], whose 2004 release ''Ghosts'' featuring backing vocals by [[Josh Ritter]] and [[Glen Hansard]] is nearing [[Gold Record|gold]] status and received critical acclaim in Ireland and the USA. He has also worked with [[Jack Harlow]] on his first EP, whose single "What's Poppin" went to the number two spot on the Billboard Charts. The company moved with Holland to [[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]] in 2006.<ref name="leoweekly2007"/> |
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| He has been dubbed the "Mayor of NuLu", by Louisville magazine ''NFocus'', after all of his efforts in the [[East Market District, Louisville|East Market District]], where he has also been president of NuLu Business Association for the past 4 years. In 2013, he turned his attention to the historic Portland neighborhood in West Louisville and is and working on rehabilitating historic shotgun houses, in addition to developing several mixed-use spaces. Past and present board and commission service includes [[Actors Theatre of Louisville]], Louisville Film Society, Fund for the Arts, Speed Art Museum, Olmsted Parks Conservancy, Louisville Public Media, Kentucky Film Commission, KY Governor's School for the Arts Advisory Council, International Bluegrass Music Museum, the Americana Center, and the Muhammad Ali Center. Holland is a minority owner of the [[Forecastle Festival]] and [[Louisville City FC]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Get Access|url=https://www.courier-journal.com/get...m-resolution-vote/735247001/|access-date=July 10, 2019|website=The Courier-Journal|language=en}}</ref> and famed music recording studio, LaLaLand Studios.{{citation needed|date=October 2017|reason=}} | He has been dubbed the "Mayor of NuLu", by Louisville magazine ''NFocus'', after all of his efforts in the [[East Market District, Louisville|East Market District]], where he has also been president of NuLu Business Association for the past 4 years. In 2013, he turned his attention to the historic Portland neighborhood in West Louisville and is and working on rehabilitating historic shotgun houses, in addition to developing several mixed-use spaces. Past and present board and commission service includes [[Actors Theatre of Louisville]], Louisville Film Society, Fund for the Arts, Speed Art Museum, Olmsted Parks Conservancy, Louisville Public Media, Kentucky Film Commission, KY Governor's School for the Arts Advisory Council, International Bluegrass Music Museum, the Americana Center, and the Muhammad Ali Center. Holland is a minority owner of the [[Forecastle Festival]] and [[Louisville City FC]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Get Access|url=https://www.courier-journal.com/get...m-resolution-vote/735247001/|access-date=July 10, 2019|website=The Courier-Journal|language=en}}</ref> and famed music recording studio, LaLaLand Studios.{{citation needed|date=October 2017|reason=}} |
| === Politics === | ===Politics=== |
| Holland ran unsuccessfully for [[Louisville Metro Council]] in 2016. He also ran unsuccessfully for [[Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky]] with running mate [[Adam Edelen]] in the [[2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election|Kentucky gubernatorial election]] in 2019. | Holland ran unsuccessfully for [[Louisville Metro Council]] in 2016. He also ran unsuccessfully for [[Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky]] with running mate [[Adam Edelen]] in the [[2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election|Kentucky gubernatorial election]] in 2019. |
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