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Savage Steve Holland (b. 1958)

Born:
April 29, 1958

Biography from TheMovieDB

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.

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Film Production

Character Designer:
1986  One Crazy Summer

Characters:
1986  One Crazy Summer
2020  Malibu Rescue: The Next Wave

Director:
1985  Better Off Dead...
1986  Bob Goldthwait -- Don't Watch This Show
1986  One Crazy Summer
1989  How I Got Into College
1991  The Last Halloween
1998  Safety Patrol!
2004  Stuck in the Suburbs
2007  Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide: Field Trips, Permission Slips, Signs, and Weasels
2007  Shredderman Rules
2009  Legally Blondes
2009  Ratko: The Dictator's Son
2011  A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!
2012  Big Time Movie
2013  A Fairly Odd Christmas
2014  A Fairly Odd Summer
2014  Santa Hunters
2015  Bound & Babysitting
2016  Rufus
2017  Rufus 2
2019  Malibu Rescue
2020  Malibu Rescue: The Next Wave

Executive Producer:
1985  Better Off Dead...
1986  Bob Goldthwait -- Don't Watch This Show
1986  One Crazy Summer
1989  How I Got Into College
1991  The Last Halloween
1998  Safety Patrol!
2004  Stuck in the Suburbs
2007  Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide: Field Trips, Permission Slips, Signs, and Weasels
2007  Shredderman Rules
2009  Legally Blondes
2009  Ratko: The Dictator's Son
2011  A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!
2012  Big Time Movie
2013  A Fairly Odd Christmas
2014  A Fairly Odd Summer
2014  Santa Hunters
2015  Bound & Babysitting
2016  Rufus
2017  Rufus 2
2019  Malibu Rescue
2020  Malibu Rescue: The Next Wave

Story:
1985  Better Off Dead...
1986  Bob Goldthwait -- Don't Watch This Show
1986  One Crazy Summer
1989  How I Got Into College
1991  The Last Halloween
1998  Safety Patrol!
2004  Stuck in the Suburbs
2007  Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide: Field Trips, Permission Slips, Signs, and Weasels
2007  Shredderman Rules
2009  Legally Blondes
2009  Ratko: The Dictator's Son
2011  A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!
2012  Big Time Movie
2013  A Fairly Odd Christmas
2014  A Fairly Odd Summer
2014  Santa Hunters
2015  Bound & Babysitting
2016  Rufus
2017  Rufus 2
2019  Malibu Rescue
2020  Malibu Rescue: The Next Wave

Teleplay:
1985  Better Off Dead...
1986  Bob Goldthwait -- Don't Watch This Show
1986  One Crazy Summer
1989  How I Got Into College
1991  The Last Halloween
1998  Safety Patrol!
2004  Stuck in the Suburbs
2007  Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide: Field Trips, Permission Slips, Signs, and Weasels
2007  Shredderman Rules
2009  Legally Blondes
2009  Ratko: The Dictator's Son
2011  A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!
2012  Big Time Movie
2013  A Fairly Odd Christmas
2014  A Fairly Odd Summer
2014  Santa Hunters
2015  Bound & Babysitting
2016  Rufus
2017  Rufus 2
2019  Malibu Rescue
2020  Malibu Rescue: The Next Wave

Writer:
1985  Better Off Dead...
1986  Bob Goldthwait -- Don't Watch This Show
1986  One Crazy Summer
1989  How I Got Into College
1991  The Last Halloween
1993  The Incredible Crash Dummies
1998  Safety Patrol!
2004  Stuck in the Suburbs
2007  Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide: Field Trips, Permission Slips, Signs, and Weasels
2007  Shredderman Rules
2009  Legally Blondes
2009  Ratko: The Dictator's Son
2011  A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!
2012  Big Time Movie
2013  A Fairly Odd Christmas
2014  A Fairly Odd Summer
2014  Santa Hunters
2015  Bound & Babysitting
2016  Rufus
2017  Rufus 2
2019  Malibu Rescue
2020  Malibu Rescue: The Next Wave

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TV Performances

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TV Production

Casting Director:
1999  Sabrina, the Animated Series

Creator:
1989  Encyclopedia Brown
1992  Eek! The Cat
1993  The Incredible Crash Dummies
1993  The Terrible Thunderlizards
1999  Sabrina, the Animated Series
2010  The Twisted Whiskers Show
2019  Malibu Rescue: The Series
????  Klutter!

Director:
1987  The New Adventures of Beans Baxter
1989  Encyclopedia Brown
1992  Eek! The Cat
1993  The Incredible Crash Dummies
1993  The Terrible Thunderlizards
1997  Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show
1998  V.I.P.
1999  Sabrina, the Animated Series
1999  Shasta McNasty
2000  Even Stevens
2001  Lizzie McGuire
2004  Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
2004  Phil of the Future
2004  Unfabulous
2005  Zoey 101
2007  Out of Jimmy's Head
2008  Imagination Movers
2009  Big Time Rush
2009  JONAS L.A.
2009  Zeke and Luther
2010  The Twisted Whiskers Show
2012  Level Up
2014  100 Things to Do Before High School
2014  Kirby Buckets
2016  Bizaardvark
2016  School of Rock
2019  Malibu Rescue: The Series
????  Klutter!

Executive Producer:
1987  The New Adventures of Beans Baxter
1989  Encyclopedia Brown
1992  Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures
1992  Eek! The Cat
1993  The Incredible Crash Dummies
1993  The Terrible Thunderlizards
1997  Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show
1998  V.I.P.
1999  Sabrina, the Animated Series
1999  Shasta McNasty
2000  Even Stevens
2001  Lizzie McGuire
2004  Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
2004  Phil of the Future
2004  Unfabulous
2005  Zoey 101
2007  Out of Jimmy's Head
2008  Imagination Movers
2009  Big Time Rush
2009  JONAS L.A.
2009  Zeke and Luther
2010  The Twisted Whiskers Show
2012  Level Up
2014  100 Things to Do Before High School
2014  Kirby Buckets
2016  Bizaardvark
2016  School of Rock
2019  Malibu Rescue: The Series
????  Klutter!

Producer:
1987  The New Adventures of Beans Baxter
1989  Encyclopedia Brown
1992  Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures
1992  Eek! The Cat
1993  The Incredible Crash Dummies
1993  The Terrible Thunderlizards
1997  Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show
1998  V.I.P.
1999  Sabrina, the Animated Series
1999  Shasta McNasty
2000  Even Stevens
2001  Lizzie McGuire
2002  The Nick Cannon Show
2004  Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
2004  Phil of the Future
2004  Unfabulous
2005  Zoey 101
2007  Out of Jimmy's Head
2008  Imagination Movers
2009  Big Time Rush
2009  JONAS L.A.
2009  Zeke and Luther
2010  The Twisted Whiskers Show
2012  Level Up
2014  100 Things to Do Before High School
2014  Kirby Buckets
2016  Bizaardvark
2016  School of Rock
2019  Malibu Rescue: The Series
????  Klutter!

Story:
1987  The New Adventures of Beans Baxter
1989  Encyclopedia Brown
1992  Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures
1992  Eek! The Cat
1993  The Incredible Crash Dummies
1993  The Terrible Thunderlizards
1997  Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show
1998  V.I.P.
1999  Sabrina, the Animated Series
1999  Shasta McNasty
2000  Even Stevens
2001  Lizzie McGuire
2002  The Nick Cannon Show
2004  Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
2004  Phil of the Future
2004  Unfabulous
2005  Zoey 101
2007  Out of Jimmy's Head
2008  Imagination Movers
2009  Big Time Rush
2009  JONAS L.A.
2009  Zeke and Luther
2010  The Twisted Whiskers Show
2012  Level Up
2014  100 Things to Do Before High School
2014  Kirby Buckets
2016  Bizaardvark
2016  School of Rock
2019  Malibu Rescue: The Series
????  Klutter!

Writer:
1987  The New Adventures of Beans Baxter
1989  Encyclopedia Brown
1992  Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures
1992  Eek! The Cat
1993  The Incredible Crash Dummies
1993  The Terrible Thunderlizards
1997  Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show
1998  V.I.P.
1999  Sabrina, the Animated Series
1999  Shasta McNasty
2000  Even Stevens
2001  Lizzie McGuire
2002  The Nick Cannon Show
2004  Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
2004  Phil of the Future
2004  Unfabulous
2005  Zoey 101
2007  Out of Jimmy's Head
2008  Imagination Movers
2009  Big Time Rush
2009  JONAS L.A.
2009  Zeke and Luther
2010  The Twisted Whiskers Show
2012  Level Up
2014  100 Things to Do Before High School
2014  Kirby Buckets
2016  Bizaardvark
2016  School of Rock
2019  Malibu Rescue: The Series
????  Klutter!

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