Todd Holland Explained

Todd Holland
Birth Date:13 December 1961
Birth Place:Kittanning, Pennsylvania, US
Occupation:Film director
television director
television producer
Years Active:1985–present
Children:3

Todd Holland (born December 13, 1961) is an American film and television director and producer. He directed over 50 episodes of The Larry Sanders Show, for which he received an Emmy, and 26 episodes of Malcolm in the Middle, for which he received two Emmy Awards. His feature films include The Wizard (1989), Krippendorf's Tribe (1998), and Firehouse Dog (2007), and had also directed the TV movie (2022) and its 2023 sequel.

Early life and education

Holland was born in Kittanning, Pennsylvania and raised in Meadville, Pennsylvania. He was an honor student, graduating from Meadville Area Sr. High School-M. A. S. H.[1] While there, he wrote, directed and produced several parodies of movies popular at the time. He graduated in 1985 from UCLA's school of Theater, Film and Television.

Career

Holland got his career break when Steven Spielberg saw his UCLA thesis film Chicken Thing—a 12-minute comedy horror short—and hired Holland to write and direct on the second season of Amazing Stories.

Holland directed 52 episodes of The Larry Sanders Show for HBO. He received an Emmy for the 1998 series finale "FLIP".

Holland then started working with Linwood Boomer on the Fox sitcom Malcolm in the Middle where he directed 26 episodes and served as co-executive producer for the show. Holland earned two Emmy Awards for the show: both wins were for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, his first one for the pilot episode of the series, the second for the season two episode "Bowling"—for which he also won the DGA award for excellence in comedy directing.

Holland co-created the 2004 television series Wonderfalls with Bryan Fuller, for which they received a WGA nomination.

He has also directed the feature films The Wizard, Krippendorf's Tribe and Firehouse Dog.

Holland has directed twice for the NBC sitcom 30 Rock. He directed the episode "Generalissimo," an episode for which he received his seventh Emmy Award nomination, but lost to Jeffrey Blitz for The Office.

Holland worked with Justin Berfield, with whom he had worked on Malcolm in the Middle, on Sons of Tucson, a 2010 Fox television sitcom. He directed five of the thirteen episodes and executive produced the series.

Two of his shows were named in TV Guide's "100 greatest Episodes of Television", the "Everybody Loves Larry" episode of The Larry Sanders Show and the "Life Of Brian" episode of My So-Called Life.

In 2022, Holland directed (which is based on the Monster High franchise) and its 2023 sequel Monster High 2 which he co-wrote.

Personal life

Holland has been married to actor and singer Scotch Ellis Loring since 2008.[2] The couple are fathers to triplets, born in 2010 via a surrogate.[3] [4]

Filmography

Feature films

TV movies

TV series

YearTitleNotes
1986Amazing Stories2 episodes
1987Max HeadroomEpisode: "Dream Thieves"
1988Vietnam War StoryEpisode: "Separated"
1990–1991Twin Peaks2 episodes
1991Tales from the CryptEpisode: "Top Billing"
1992Eerie, IndianaEpisode: "The Broken Record"
1992Bill & Ted's Excellent AdventuresEpisode: "Stand Up Guy"
1992–1998The Larry Sanders Show51 episodes
1994–1995My So-Called Life2 episodes
1996RelativityEpisode: "First Impressions"
1998Maximum BobEpisode: "Wandalust"
1998–1999Felicity3 episodes
1999Tracey Takes On...6 episodes
FriendsEpisode: "The One Where Rachel Smokes"
2000–2004Malcolm in the Middle26 episodes
2000D.C.Episode: "Pilot"
FreakyLinks2 episodes
2002Girls Club2 episodes
2004Wonderfalls5 episodes
2007Miss Guided4 episodes
2009–201030 Rock2 episodes
2010Sons of Tucson5 episodes
2011ShamelessEpisode: "Casey Casden"
2011–2012Free Agents3 episodes
2012–2013Go On7 episodes
2013The Michael J. Fox ShowEpisode: "Christmas"
2014About a BoyEpisode: "About Total Exuberance"
Friends with Better Lives3 episodes
SelfieEpisode: "Even Hell Has Two Bars"
Red Band SocietyEpisode: "What I Did for Love"
2015StitchersEpisode: "A Stitch in Time"
2015–2019Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt2 episodes
2016–2017The Real O'Neals10 episodes
2017Me, Myself & I2 episodes
2018Black-ish2 episodes
2019Fam3 episodes
The UnicornEpisode: "No Small Parts"
2020Love, VictorEpisode: "Boys' Trip"
2021Mr. MayorEpisode: "Pilot"
2022Grace and FrankieEpisode: "The Prediction"
2023Not Dead YetEpisode: "Not a Tiger Yet"
2024So Help Me ToddEpisode: "Is The Jury Out Yet?"

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Meadville Area Senior High School . Craw.org .
  2. Web site: Todd Holland. July 14, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150714075252/http://www.mundopeliculas.com/people/90653-todd-holland. July 14, 2015. dead.
  3. Web site: Connelly. Chris. Ultra Modern Family: Dad+Dad+Baby. ABC News.
  4. ToddHolland3. Todd Holland. 586970693603987456. April 11, 2015. Our #triplets turn 5! #superhero blowout begins... @Scotcheloring.