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John Gill Holland, Jr. (born November 7, 1964) is a Norwegian-American award winning film producer and co-developer of The Green Building in Louisville, Kentucky.

Background

Born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Holland was raised in the United States and in Norway. Holland's father was from Lynchburg, Virginia. His mother was born in Norway. Holland graduated from the University of North Carolina (B. S. 1987) (Law Degree. 1991).

Career

Holland owns The Group Entertainment LLC, which includes a movie production company, a music company and an art gallery. Holland has produced more than 50 feature films including Hurricane Streets which won three Sundance Film Festival awards in 1997 as well as the Cannes Film Festival selection Inside/Out, the Independent Spirit Awards nominee Dear Jesse, and the Gotham Awards nominee Spring Forward.

Holland is also the founder of sonaBLAST! Records, an independent record label featuring Ben Sollee, The Old Ceremony, and Irish singer-songwriter Mark Geary, whose 2004 release Ghosts turned gold and received critical acclaim in Ireland and the USA. Louisville Magazine named him its 2009 Person of the Year.

Together with his wife, Augusta Brown Holland, Gil Holland developed The Green Building. This renovation of a historic building opened in the Fall of 2008 in the East Market District, the heart of Louisville's arts district. It provides offices for SonaBLAST! Records, Holland Brown Books and The Group Entertainment.

Selected Filmography

Unrequited 2010
Bass Ackwards 2010
Music Makes A City: a Louisville Orchestra Story (2009)
Beautiful Darling (2009)
The War Boys (2009)
FLOW: For Love of Water (2008)
Adventures of Power (2008)
Asylum Seekers (2008)
Were the World Mine (2008)
Mountaintop Removal (2007)
Just Like the Son (2006)
Mentor (2006)
Sweet Land (2005)
Nicky's Game (2005)
Loggerheads (2005)
Dot the I (2003)
Martin & Orloff (2002)
Spring Forward (1999)
Bobby G. Can't Swim (1999)
Dear Jesse (1998)
Desert Blue (1998)
Hurricane Streets (1997)
Inside/Out (1997)

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-'''John Gill Holland, Jr.''' (born November 7, 1964) is a [[Norwegian-American]] [[Spirit Award]]-nominated [[film producer]], developer of [[The Green Building]] in [[Louisville, KY]], and children's book author "[(Louisville Counts)]". Holland grew up in [[North Carolina]] and has produced more than 50 [[feature film]]s. He is also the founder of [[sonaBLAST! Records]], an [[independent record label]] featuring [[Ben Sollee]], [[The Old Ceremony]], and [[Irish people|Irish]] [[singer-songwriter]] [[Mark Geary]], whose 2004 release ''Ghosts'' turned [[Gold Record|gold]] and received critical acclaim in Ireland and the USA.  Louisville Magazine named him its 2009 Person of the Year.
+'''John Gill Holland, Jr.''' (born November 7, 1964) is a [[Norwegian-American]] award  winning [[film producer]] and co-developer of  [[The Green Building (Kentucky)|The Green Building]] in [[Louisville, Kentucky]].
+==Background==
+Born in [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina]], Holland was raised in the [[United States]] and in  [[Norway]]. Holland's father was from [[Lynchburg, Virginia]]. His mother was born in [[Norway]]. Holland graduated from the [[University of North Carolina]] (B. S. 1987) (Law Degree. 1991).
+==Career==
+Holland owns The Group Entertainment LLC, which includes a movie production company, a music company and an art gallery. Holland has produced more than 50 [[feature film]]s including ''[[Hurricane Streets]]'' which won three [[Sundance Film Festival]] awards in 1997 as well as the [[Cannes Film Festival]] selection ''[[Inside/Out (film)|Inside/Out]]'', the [[Independent Spirit Awards]] nominee ''[[Dear Jesse]]'', and the [[Gotham Awards]] nominee ''[[Spring Forward]]''.
+Holland is also the founder of [[sonaBLAST! Records]], an [[independent record label]] featuring [[Ben Sollee]], [[The Old Ceremony]], and [[Irish people|Irish]] [[singer-songwriter]] [[Mark Geary]], whose 2004 release ''Ghosts'' turned [[Gold Record|gold]] and received critical acclaim in [[Ireland]] and the USA.  ''Louisville Magazine'' named him its 2009 Person of the Year.
+Together with his wife, Augusta Brown Holland, Gil Holland developed  [[The Green Building (Kentucky)| The Green Building]]. This renovation of a historic building opened in the Fall of 2008 in the [[East Market District]], the heart of Louisville's arts district. It provides offices for  SonaBLAST! Records, Holland Brown Books and The Group Entertainment.
 ==Selected Filmography==
-* "[[Unrequited]]" 2010
+* ''[[Unrequited]]'' 2010
-* "[[Bass Ackwards]]" 2010
+* ''[[Bass Ackwards]]'' 2010
 * ''[[Music Makes A City: a Louisville Orchestra Story]]'' (2009)
 * ''[[Beautiful Darling]]'' (2009)
-* "[[The War Boys]]" (2009)
+* ''[[The War Boys]]'' (2009)
 * ''[[FLOW: For Love of Water]]'' (2008)
 * ''[[Adventures of Power]]'' (2008)
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 * ''[[Desert Blue]]'' (1998)
 * ''[[Hurricane Streets]]'' (1997)
+* ''[[Inside/Out (film)|Inside/Out]]'' (1997)
 ==External links==
 *{{imdb name|id=0390693|name=Gill Holland}}
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 *[http://louisville.bizjournals.com/louisville/stories/2007/12/17/story10.html ''Business First'' profile on Holland]
 *[http://www.ifp.org/filmmakerlib/article.php?subcatid=146&id=30 Holland article on film delivery]
-*[http://www.thegreenbuilding.net/articles/archives.html Holland article in "Courier-Journal" on how to be more green]
+*[http://www.thegreenbuilding.net/articles/archives.html Holland article in ''Courier-Journal'' on how to be more green]
 *[http://thevillevoice.com/2008/08/06/a-walk-on-the-green-side/#more-1421 Green Tour with Holland]
 *[http://www.voice-tribune.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=805&Itemid=17  Voice-Tribune article]