Savage Steve Holland (b. 1960) 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 movie 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. [1]
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Selected filmography
- Better Off Dead (1985)
- One Crazy Summer (1986)
- How I Got Into College (1989)
- The Incredible Crash Dummies (1993) (the very first computer animated movie) (writer only)
- Disney's Safety Patrol (1998) (TV movie)
- Walt Disney's Stuck in the Suburbs (2004) (TV movie)
- Shredderman Rules (2007) (TV movie)
- The Big One 3 (2008) (pre-production)
Selected TV show filmography
- The New Adventures of Beans Baxter (1987 - 1988) (wrote and directed most episodes)
- Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures (1990 - 1991) (writer, unknown episodes)
- Eek! the Cat (1992 - 1997) (creator and wrote most of the episodes)
- V.I.P. (1998 – 2002) (directed many episodes)
- Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (1997 - 1998) (directed 3 episodes)
- Lizzie McGuire (2001 - 2003) (directed 9 episodes)
- Phil of the Future (2004) (directed many episodes)
- Unfabulous (2005 - 2007)(directed 2 episodes)
- Zoey 101 (2005 - 2007) (directed 5 episodes)
- Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (2005 - 2007) (directed 8 episodes)
- Drake & Josh (2004) (writer, unknown episodes)
