Savage Steve Holland

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.

Directed

1. Big Time Rush (2009) — Director
2. Zoey 101 (2005) — Director
3. Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (2004) — Director
4. Better Off Dead... (1985) — Director
5. Lizzie McGuire (2001) — Director
6. Legally Blondes (2009) — Director
7. A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner! (2011) — Director
8. Stuck in the Suburbs (2004) — Director
9. One Crazy Summer (1986) — Director
10. Malibu Rescue (2019) — Director
11. Big Time Movie (2012) — Director
12. Malibu Rescue: The Next Wave (2020) — Director
13. JONAS L.A. (2009) — Director
14. Zeke and Luther (2009) — Director
15. A Fairly Odd Christmas (2013) — Director
16. Even Stevens (2000) — Director
17. School of Rock (2016) — Director
18. A Fairly Odd Summer (2014) — Director
19. Phil of the Future (2004) — Director
20. Bizaardvark (2016) — Director
21. V.I.P. (1998) — Director
22. Rufus 2 (2017) — Director
23. Rufus (2016) — Director
24. Malibu Rescue: The Series (2019) — Director
25. 100 Things to Do Before High School (2014) — Director
26. How I Got Into College (1989) — Director
27. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (1997) — Director
28. Unfabulous (2004) — Director
29. Bound & Babysitting (2015) — Director
30. Santa Hunters (2014) — Director
31. Shredderman Rules (2007) — Director
32. Safety Patrol! (1998) — Director
33. Imagination Movers (2008) — Director
34. Kirby Buckets (2014) — Director
35. Ratko: The Dictator's Son (2009) — Director
36. Out of Jimmy's Head (2007) — Director
37. The Last Halloween (1991) — Director
38. Level Up (2012) — Director
39. Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide: Field Trips, Permission Slips, Signs, and Weasels (2007) — Director
40. Shasta McNasty (1999) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Eek! The Cat (1992) — Elmo the Elk (voice)
2. Press Your Luck (1983)