Holly Goldberg Sloan
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Holly Goldberg Sloan is a film director, writer, producer and novelist.
Sloan was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan and spent her childhood living in California, the Netherlands, Istanbul, Washington D.C. and Oregon. She received her undergraduate degree from Wellesley College in Massachusetts, and sold her first script at the age of 24.
Her film credits include writing Made in America
(1992), writing and directing the Disney film The Big Green
(1995), and writing and producing Angels in the Outfield
(1994). She was the screenwriter on Steve Irwin's feature film The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course
(2002), and the writer and director on the film Heidi 4 Paws
(2008), which is a retelling of the children's classic, but with dogs in all of the parts.
Sloan's debut novel, "I'll Be There," was released by Little, Brown and Company
in spring of 2011. Her next book will be released by Penguin Books
in 2012.
Sloan was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan and spent her childhood living in California, the Netherlands, Istanbul, Washington D.C. and Oregon. She received her undergraduate degree from Wellesley College in Massachusetts, and sold her first script at the age of 24.
Her film credits include writing Made in America
Made in America
- Film and television :* Made in America , a 1993 comedy starring Whoopi Goldberg and Ted Danson* "Made in America" , the final episode of The Sopranos...
(1992), writing and directing the Disney film The Big Green
The Big Green
The Big Green is a 1995 Walt Disney Pictures film starring Steve Guttenberg and Olivia D'Abo, written and directed by Holly Goldberg Sloan...
(1995), and writing and producing Angels in the Outfield
Angels in the Outfield
Angels in the Outfield may refer to:* Angels in the Outfield , the original 1951 film* Angels in the Outfield , the 1994 remake...
(1994). She was the screenwriter on Steve Irwin's feature film The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course
The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course
The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course is a 2002 Australian comedy-adventure film based on the nature documentary series The Crocodile Hunter, starring Steve Irwin and his wife Terri Irwin. The Irwins play themselves filming an episode of The Crocodile Hunter while trying to protect a crocodile....
(2002), and the writer and director on the film Heidi 4 Paws
Heidi 4 Paws
Heidi 4 Paws is a feature length children's film that retells the classic story of Heidi using dogs in all the acting roles. Heidi 4 Paws was syndicated to public television stations in the United States through American Public Television and WTTW Chicago in November/December 2008.Based on the...
(2008), which is a retelling of the children's classic, but with dogs in all of the parts.
Sloan's debut novel, "I'll Be There," was released by Little, Brown and Company
Little, Brown and Company
Little, Brown and Company is a publishing house established by Charles Coffin Little and his partner, James Brown. Since 2006 it has been a constituent unit of Hachette Book Group USA.-19th century:...
in spring of 2011. Her next book will be released by Penguin Books
Penguin Books
Penguin Books is a publisher founded in 1935 by Sir Allen Lane and V.K. Krishna Menon. Penguin revolutionised publishing in the 1930s through its high quality, inexpensive paperbacks, sold through Woolworths and other high street stores for sixpence. Penguin's success demonstrated that large...
in 2012.