Specialism

Directing
Editing
Photography

Stuart Acker Holt is a British born photographer, film-maker and journalist based in Amsterdam.

After studying Music at University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Stuart went on to lecture in Film Music at Chichester University. During this time he created the ‘Expressing Computers’ lecture series with film-makers and composers presenting live audio-visual work. This opened the doors to inspiring partnerships and creative collaborations in photography and film. 

In 2008 Stuart released Most Interesting Person; a ‘self generative’ story where each subject nominated the next in an ongoing trail of connected interviews. The project took him around the world creating over 200 episodes of the world’s ‘most interesting’ people. This premiered at The Balhaus Ost, Berlin attracting 1,000 visitors over 24 hours. This format was later adapted for commercial commissions by Philips, the Van Gogh Museum, Ableton and ID&T. 

Other story-telling formats created by Stuart include the ‘I HEART….’ series. I HEART USA documented the 2016 US presidential election, which was screened at the Bicycle Film Festival in NYC and The House of St. Barnabas in Soho, London. The story of Stuart’s father’s escape from NAZI occupied Vienna in I HEART EUROPE. As a second generation survivor, Stuart’s interest in history features regularly and motivated him to write his first book, ‘The Short 6ft Tall Man’. 

In 2020 he released his new film For The Record, which was selected for the Crystal Palace International Film Festival in London, as well as festivals in Berlin and The Hague.

Aside from Stuart’s creative projects he teaches journalism at Fontys University in Tilburg.