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Tom Holland
Tom Holland was raised in Hudson Valley, New York. He was interested in theater from an early age and went from a summer apprenticeship at the Buck County Playhouse to the theater school at Northwestern University. Developing an interest in film, he transferred to UCLA, graduating in 1973. He spent a year at AFI, supporting himself by working both behind and in front of the cameras in commercial production. Holland also worked as an actor, under the alias of Tom Fielding, and can be seen in such films as "Walk in the Spring Rain" and "The Model Shop." Holland began screenwriting; His first produced film "The Beast Within" was released by United Artists in 1980, and was followed in quick succession by "Psycho II," "Cloak and Dagger," and "Scream for Help." Determined to exercise more creative control, Holland wrote and directed the comedy horror classic "Fright Night." He next directed "Fatal Beauty," starring Whoopi Goldberg. After that he co-wrote and directed "Child's Play," which launched a horror franchise and birthed the horror icon, Chucky the killer doll. Holland next directed "The Temp," and "Thinner." He has also directed television, including "Tales From the Crypt," "The Stranger Within," starring Rick Schroeder, "King of the Road," a pilot staring Brad Pitt and the hit mini-series "Stephen King's Langoliers." He has just finished the internet series "Tom Holland's Driven," which will premiere online and will be available for download this summer. He and his wife Kathi have one son, Joshua, who is also an actor.
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