Stephanie Savage

Stephanie Savage Biography

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Stephanie Savage (born 1969) is a Canadian screenwriter and television producer. Savage is best known for developing The CW's teen drama series, Gossip Girl from the novel series, and being an executive producer of the Fox series The O.C.. In 2010 Savage and creative partner Josh Schwartz created Fake Empire Productions, a production company producing their TV series, films and music.

Early career

Savage graduated from the University of Toronto in 1990 with a B.A. in English and Cinema Studies, then from the University of Iowa in 1993 with an M.A. in Film History and Theory. During her study towards a PhD in the same field, in 1995 Savage was offered a position at Drew Barrymore's production company Flower Films. Here she dabbled in scriptwriting, handling production rewrites for Charlie's Angels, and met the film's director McG. The two later formed production company Wonderland Sound and Vision in 2001.

Filmography

Crew

Film
Year	Film	Distributor	Credit	Notes
2003	Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle	Columbia Pictures	Associate producer
2012	Fun Size	Paramount Pictures	Producer	Produced by Fake Empire Productions
Television
Year	Title	Network	Credit	Notes
2002-2003	Fastlane	Fox	Producer
2003-2007	The O.C.	Fox	Writer (2006-2007); Supervising producer (2003-2004); Co-executive producer (2005-2006); Executive producer (2006)
2004-2005	The Mountain	The WB	Writer and executive producer
2007-2012	Gossip Girl	The CW	Series co-creator; Writer and executive producer	Based on the Gossip Girl series of books by Cecily von Ziegesar
2009	Valley Girls	The CW	Series co-creator; Writer and executive producer	Backdoor pilot: series not picked up; Proposed spin-off to Gossip Girl
2011	Ghost Angeles	NBC	Undetermined	Unaired television pilot
2011-2015	Hart of Dixie	The CW	Executive producer
2013-2014	The Carrie Diaries	The CW	Executive producer	Based on the novel The Carrie Diaries by Candace Bushnell; Prequel series to HBO's Sex and the City
2013	Cult	The CW	Executive producer	One season: 13 episodes
2015	Astronaut Wives Club	ABC	Series creator; Writer and executive producer	Based on Lily Koppel's novel; One season: 10 episodes

Stephanie Savage

Stephanie Savage Biography

Early career

Filmography

Crew

See also