Holly Goldberg Sloan
| Holly Goldberg Sloan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1958 (age 54–55) Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. |
| Occupation | Film director, producer, novelist, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Spouse(s) | Chuck Sloan (1982–1992; 2 sons, Max Sloan and Calvin Sloan) Gary Rosen (1995–present) |
Holly Goldberg Sloan (born 1958) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and novelist.
Life and career [edit]
Sloan was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan and spent her childhood living in California, the Netherlands, Istanbul, Washington D.C. and Eugene, Oregon. She received her undergraduate degree from Wellesley College in Massachusetts, and sold her first script at the age of twenty-four.
Her film credits include writing Made in America (1993), writing and producing Angels in the Outfield (1994) and writing and directing the Disney film The Big Green (1995). She was the screenwriter on Steve Irwin's feature film The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (2002) and the writer and director of the film Heidi 4 Paws (2008), which is a retelling of the children's film, but with dogs in all of the parts.[1]
Sloan's debut novel, "I'll Be There", was released by Little, Brown and Company in spring of 2011. It is currently in print in fourteen languages. Her next book, titled "Counting By 7s" will be released by Dial in 2013.
References [edit]
- ^ "Holly Goldberg Sloan". Huffington Post. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
- Biography at official website
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