American writerThis article is about the American animator, film and television director. For other people with similar names, see Steve Holland (disambiguation).

Savage Steve Holland (born April 29, 1958) is an American writer, cartoonist, producer, voice actor, animator, and film director who wrote and directed the 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 and The Terrible Thunderlizards for Fox Kids. He now manages his own studio, Savage Studios Ltd., and directs shows for Disney Channel and Nickelodeon.

He studied animation at the California Ins*ute of the Arts, where one of his student projects Going Nowhere Fast (1980), was exhibited at the Museum of Cat Food show Tomorrowland: CalArts in Moving Pictures.

Contents

• 1 Selected filmography
• 2 Selected television series credits
• 3 Popular culture
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Selected filmography

• Better Off Dead (1985)
• One Crazy Summer (1986)
• How I Got into College (1989)
• The Last Halloween (1991)
• The Incredible Crash Dummies (1993) (writer only)
• Safety Patrol (1998) (TV film)
• Stuck in the Suburbs (2004) (TV film)
• Shredderman Rules (2007) (TV film)
• Legally Blondes (2009)
• Ratko: The Dictator's Son (2009)
• A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner! (2011) (TV film)
• Big Time Movie (2011)
• A Fairly Odd Christmas (2012) (TV film)
• A Fairly Odd Summer (2014) (TV film)
• Santa Hunters (2014)
• Rufus (2016)
• Rufus 2 (2017)

Selected television series credits

• Press Your Luck (1983–1986) (designer and animator of the "Whammy", all episodes)
• Saturday Night Live (1988–1990) (*istant director for two seasons)
• The New Adventures of Beans Baxter (1987–1988) (wrote and directed most episodes)
• Encyclopedia Brown (1989–1990) (director)
• Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (1990–1991) (writer)
• Eek! the Cat (1992–1998) (co-creator, executive producer, and wrote most of the episodes)
• The Puzzle Place (1994–1998) (director)
• V.I.P. (1998–2002) (directed many episodes)
• Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (1997–1998) (directed 3 episodes)
• Kenan & Kel (1997–1999) (wrote 6 episodes)
• Sabrina: The Animated Series (1999–2000) (creator, casting director, voice director and executive producer)
• Even Stevens (2000-2002) (directed 3 episodes)
• Lizzie McGuire (2001–2003) (directed 9 episodes)
• Phil of the Future (2004) (directed 4 episodes)
• Unfabulous (2005–2007) (directed 7 episodes)
• Zoey 101 (2005–2007) (directed 5 episodes)
• Ned's Decl*ified School Survival Guide (2005–2007) (directed 8 episodes)
• Zeke and Luther (2009–2011) (directed 11 episodes)
• Big Time Rush (2009–2013) (directed 14 episodes, 5 of them being 2-part specials)
• Kirby Buckets (2014-2017) (directed 6 episodes)
• Bizaardvark (2016) (directed 3 episodes)
• Malibu Rescue (2019) (creator)

Popular culture

Savage Steve Holland was lampooned in the episode "What Big Rewrite Notes You Have" of the cartoon Ned's Newt, as over-the-top director "Sausage Steve Finland".

References

External links

• Savage Steve Holland at IMDb