Eli Holzman
Eli Holzman has created, written, and produced some of the first popular and critically acclaimed competition-centered reality television shows of the 2000s. His first was developing "Project Greenlight" alongside directors/actors Matt Damon and Ben Affleck--a reality competition series with a premise that aimed to give first-time filmmakers a chance to direct a feature film, much like the real-life experience of Damon and Affleck with "Good Will Hunting." There were three seasons in total, with the first winning film "Stolen Summer" being shown at the Sundance Film Festival and the second, "The Battle of Shaker Heights," having moderate critical success. Holzman's second major reality series was "Project Runway," similar in premise to "Project Greenlight," though focused on fashion designers being judged by a panel of major players in the fashion industry, including Elle's Nina Garcia, fashion designer Michael Kors, former supermodel Heidi Klum, and former chair of fashion design at Parsons the New School for Design, Tim Gunn. This series can be considered the most popular of all of Holzman's creations and projects, although "Project Greenlight" was more critically acclaimed. Further delving into the world of fashion, Holzer created "Stylista," which centered on contestants who wanted to become assistant editors at Elle magazine. Holzman teamed up with Tyra Banks and Ken Mok (of "America's Next Top Model" fame) to produce, while Elle's Anne Slowey hosted. Though the series was canceled after only one season, Holzman found success in developing an originally British reality show for American audiences, "Undercover Boss," which has senior executives going undercover to explore the inner workings of their own companies.
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Filmography
Movies
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97% |
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Luther: Never Too Much | Executive Producer | $123.1K | 2024 |
100% |
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Power of the Dream | Producer | - | 2024 |
100% |
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June | Executive Producer | - | 2023 |
No Score Yet |
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Dr. Death: Cutthroat Conman | Executive Producer | - | 2023 |
100% |
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The Lady Bird Diaries | Executive Producer | - | 2023 |
100% | No Score Yet | Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net | Executive Producer | - | 2022 |
100% |
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Operation Odessa | Producer | - | 2018 |
81% |
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The Seven Five | Producer | $29.6K | 2014 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 54% | American Idol | Executive Producer | 2025 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Patti Stanger: The Matchmaker | Executive Producer | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Expedition From Hell: The Lost Tapes | Executive Producer | 2024 |
100% | 69% | We're Here | Executive Producer | 2020-2022 2024 |
No Score Yet | 58% | So You Think You Can Dance | Executive Producer | 2022 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Selena + Restaurant | Executive Producer | 2024 |
100% | 77% | Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV | Executive Producer | 2024 |
No Score Yet | 14% | Death in the Dorms | Executive Producer | 2023-2024 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Selena + Chef: Home for the Holidays | Executive Producer | 2023 |
No Score Yet | 35% | The D'Amelio Show | Executive Producer | 2021-2023 |
100% | No Score Yet | Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court | Executive Producer | 2023 |
88% | 60% | Secrets of Playboy | Executive Producer | 2022-2023 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Swiping America | Executive Producer | 2023 |
44% | 58% | Indian Matchmaking | Executive Producer | 2022-2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | RapCaviar Presents | Executive Producer | 2023 |
No Score Yet | 66% | The Climb | Executive Producer | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Con |
Executive Producer, Director |
2020-2022 |
No Score Yet | 93% | Selena + Chef | Executive Producer | 2020-2022 |
No Score Yet | 20% | The Curse of Von Dutch: A Brand to Die For | Executive Producer | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kids Behind Bars: Life or Parole | Executive Producer | 2019 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Substitute | Executive Producer | 2019-2021 |
71% | 83% | Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer | Executive Producer | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Empires of New York |
Executive Producer, Creator, Writer |
2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Injustice With Nancy Grace | Executive Producer | 2019-2020 |
No Score Yet | 83% | The Last Narc | Executive Producer | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | America's Most Musical Family | Executive Producer | 2019-2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | E! True Hollywood Story | Executive Producer | 2019 |
100% | 81% | Living Undocumented | Executive Producer | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 94% | Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath | Executive Producer | 2017-2019 |
100% | 87% | Free Meek | Executive Producer | 2019 |
43% | 62% | This Giant Beast That Is the Global Economy | Executive Producer | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lost Gold | Executive Producer | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Price of Duty | Executive Producer | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sticker Shock | Executive Producer | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 96% | Active Shooter: America Under Fire | Executive Producer | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Undercover Boss | Executive Producer | 2013-2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | United Shades of America | Executive Producer | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The People's Couch | Executive Producer | 2014-2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Work Out New York | Producer | 2015-2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chrisley Knows Best | Executive Producer | 2014-2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Job or No Job | Executive Producer | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Slednecks | Executive Producer | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | True Tori | Executive Producer | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Singles Project | Executive Producer | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inside Job | Executive Producer | 2014 |
57% | No Score Yet | The Pitch | Executive Producer | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Supermarket Superstar | Executive Producer | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Million Second Quiz | Executive Producer | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Love for Sail | Executive Producer | 2012-2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Be the Boss | Executive Producer | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Southern Fried Stings | Executive Producer | 2010-2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fairy Jobmother | Executive Producer | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mel B: It's a Scary World | Executive Producer | 2010 |