Council Biography

In 2000, Todd Holland directed the pilot for "Freaky Links," a visual thriller involving young people who run a Web site that investigates the paranormal. "Freaky Links" was picked up for 13 episodes by FOX and airs Friday nights at 8:00 p.m.

"Malcolm in the Middle" was the first of two 1999 pilots directed by Todd Holland to be picked up for midseason. The other is "D.C.," a one-hour WB drama series executive produced

by "Law & Order"’s Dick Wolf. In addition to serving as "Malcolm"’s co-executive producer, Holland directed over half of the show's first season.

Todd Holland was a key creative force as a producer and director on "The Larry Sanders Show," for which he received an Emmy award, six Emmy nominations, five Cable ACE Awards, and four DGA nominations. Holland directed 52 episodes of the critically acclaimed "Sanders" series over its six seasons.

Holland executive produced, co-wrote, and directed the 1998 FOX pilot, "Five Houses." His other television directing credits include various episodes of the series "Felicity," "Tracey Takes On...", "Friends," "Tales from the Crypt" (nominated for a Cable ACE), "Twin Peaks," "Max Headroom," and "My So-Called Life."

Two of Holland's television episodes were cited in TV Guide's survey of "The 100 Greatest Television Episodes of All Time." These were the "Everybody Loves Larry" episode of "Larry Sanders" guest-starring David Duchovny, and the "Life of Brian" episode of "My So-Called Life" examining the pain surrounding a high school dance.

Holland’s theatrical feature film'credits include Touchstone's 1998 release, "Krippendorf’s Tribe," starring Richard Dreyfuss, Jenna Elfman and Lily Tomlin, as well as the 1989 Universal release "The Wizard," starring Fred Savage, Beau Bridges, and Christian Slater.

Holland is a graduate of UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television. For his graduate film, Holland wrote, produced and directed the live-action short film, "Chicken Thing." The film, which has won more than 30 national and international awards, caught the eye of Steven Spielberg, who hired Holland out of film school to write and direct episodes of Spielberg’s "Amazing Stories."

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