‘As famous and provocative as ever’: why Elizabeth Holmes remains America’s most fascinating fraudster

Fielder and his co-director, Lance Oppenheim, followed Holmes, his partner, Billy Evans, and their two young children in the weeks before he arrived in prison. His decision to grant them such access appears to be part of a relentless attempt to declare his innocence and reform his image. Shortly before going to prison, she gave a long interview to the New York Times, which gave rise to an article widely criticized for being too eager to adhere to her reformed and softened image as a “devoted mother” volunteering at a rape crisis center. Around the same time, Oppenheim learned that Holmes had contacted film companies and talked to A24, he told the New York audience, and he and Fielder met with the company, then her.