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Savage Steve Holland

Directing

Born April 29, 1958 · Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Biography

Savage Steve Holland (born April 29, 1958) is an animator and director who wrote and directed the cult films Better Off Dead (1985) and One Crazy Summer (1986), starring John Cusack. He also directed the film How I Got Into College (1989), and animated the "Whammy" on the game show Press Your Luck. He later went on to create and produce Eek! the Cat for Fox Kids. Now, he manages his own studio, Savage Studios Ltd. and directs shows for Disney Channel and Nickelodeon. He studied animation at the California Institute of the Arts, where one of his student projects Going Nowhere Fast (1980), was exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art show TOMORROWLAND: CalArts in Moving Pictures. Holland is working on a new film, The Big One 3. The new film tells the story of a father who had a terrible 13th birthday party and goes to great lengths to make his son's birthday special. He is not to be confused with Steve Holland, a producer and writer with a similar name. Description above from the Wikipedia article Savage Steve Holland, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography34 titles

Big Time Rush

2009Director

Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide

2004Director

Kirby Buckets

Director

Zoey 101

2005Director

100 Things to Do Before High School

Director

Zeke and Luther

2009Director

Big Time Movie

2012Director

Rufus 2

2017Director

Jonas

2009Director

Bizaardvark

Director

School of Rock

Director

Lizzie McGuire

2001Director

Unfabulous

2004Director

Even Stevens

2000Director

Malibu Rescue: The Series

Director, Executive Producer

Phil of the Future

2004Director

Sabrina: The Animated Series

1999Casting Director, Executive Producer, Writer

Santa Hunters

2014Director

Better Off Dead

1985Director, Writer

Rufus

2016Director

Imagination Movers

2007Director

Malibu Rescue: The Next Wave

2020Characters, Director, Executive Producer

Malibu Rescue

2019Director, Executive Producer, Story

Bound & Babysitting

2015Director

Stuck in the Suburbs

2004Director

How I Got Into College

1989Director

One Crazy Summer

1986Character Designer, Director, Writer

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show

1997Director

Legally Blondes

2009Director

A Fairly Odd Summer

2014Director, Teleplay

V.I.P.

1998Director

A Fairly Odd Christmas

2013Director, Teleplay

A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!

2011Director

Level Up

Director