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Savage Steve Holland

Savage Steve Holland (born 1960) is an American writer, cartoonist, producer, voice actor, animator, and film director who wrote and directed the films Better Off Dead (1985)[1] 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 and The Terrible Thunderlizards for Fox Kids. He now manages his own studio, Savage Studios Ltd., and directs shows for Disney Channel and Nickelodeon.

Not to be confused with Steve Holland (writer), another television writer and producer with the same name.

Savage Steve Holland

1959 or 1960 (age 63–64)

Film director, writer, producer, animator, voice actor

1983–present

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. During his time at CalArts, he also owned a cactus.


In June 2007, Holland was attached to begin production on a new film, The Big One 3, that fall.[2][3][4] As of January 2024, the film hasn't been made.

(1985)

Better Off Dead

(1986)

One Crazy Summer

(1989)

How I Got into College

(1991)

The Last Halloween

(1993) (writer only)

The Incredible Crash Dummies

(1998) (TV film)

Safety Patrol

(2004) (TV film)

Stuck in the Suburbs

(2007) (TV film)

Shredderman Rules

(2009)

Legally Blondes

(2009)

Ratko: The Dictator's Son

(2011) (TV film)

A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!

(2012)

Big Time Movie

(2012) (TV film)

A Fairly Odd Christmas

(2014) (TV film)

A Fairly Odd Summer

(2014)

Santa Hunters

Rufus (2016)

Rufus 2 (2017)

Malibu Rescue: The Movie (2019) (TV film)

Malibu Rescue: The Next Wave (2020) (TV film)

(1983–1986) (designer and animator of the "Whammy", all episodes)

Press Your Luck

(1988–1990) (assistant director for two seasons)

Saturday Night Live

(1987–1988) (wrote and directed most episodes)

The New Adventures of Beans Baxter

(1989–1990) (director)

Encyclopedia Brown

(1990–1991) (writer)

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures

(1992–1998) (co-creator, executive producer, and wrote most of the episodes)

Eek! the Cat

(1994–1998) (directed 2 episodes)

The Puzzle Place

(1998–2002) (directed many episodes)

V.I.P.

(1997–1998) (directed 3 episodes)

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show

(1997–1999) (wrote 7 episodes)

Kenan & Kel

(1999) (creator, developer, casting director, voice director and executive producer)

Sabrina: The Animated Series

(2000-2002) (directed 3 episodes)

Even Stevens

(2001–2003) (directed 9 episodes)

Lizzie McGuire

(2004) (directed 4 episodes)

Phil of the Future

(2005–2007) (directed 7 episodes)

Unfabulous

(2005–2007) (directed 5 episodes)

Zoey 101

(2005–2007) (directed 11 episodes, 1 of them the one-hour series finale)

Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide

(2009–2011) (directed 11 episodes)

Zeke and Luther

(2009–2013) (directed 20 episodes, 5 of them being 2-part specials)

Big Time Rush

(2014-2017) (directed 6 episodes)

Kirby Buckets

(2016) (directed 1 episode)

School of Rock

(2016) (directed 3 episodes)

Bizaardvark

(2019) (creator)

Malibu Rescue

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Savage Steve Holland