Savage Steve Holland
Holland at a screening of Better Off Dead in San Francisco in 2009
Born	(1958-04-29) April 29, 1958 (age 66) United States
Occupation(s)	Film director, writer, producer, animator, voice actor
Years active	1983–present

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 Cartoon Network, 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 Cat Food show Tomorrowland: CalArts in Moving Pictures.

• 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)

• Press Your Luck (1983–1986) (designer and animator of the "Whammy", all episodes)
• Saturday Night Live (1988–1990) (assistant 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)
• Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (1999–2002) (directed 8 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)
• Zeke and Luther (2009–2011) (directed 11 episodes)
• Big Time Rush (2009–2013) (directed 14 episodes, 5 of them being 2-part specials)
• Bizaardvark (2016) (directed 3 episodes)
• Malibu Rescue (2019) (creator)

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".^[1]

• Savage Steve Holland on IMDb