Stephanie Savage (born 1969) is a Canadian

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and

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. Savage is best known for developing

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's teen drama series ''

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'' (2007) from the

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, and being an executive producer of the

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series ''

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''. In 2010 Savage and creative partner

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created

Fake Empire Productions Fake Empire Productions is the production company that was formed in 2010 by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage to develop and produce television series and feature films. Their most notable productions include the series ''Gossip Girl'' (develo ...

, a production company producing their TV series, films and music.

Career

Savage graduated from the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...

in 1990 with a B.A. in English and Cinema Studies, then from the

University of Iowa The University of Iowa (UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a public university, public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is org ...

in 1993 with an M.A. in Film History and Theory. While writing her PhD dissertation for the University of Iowa she moved to Los Angeles, and in 1995 was offered a position at

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's production company

Flower Films Flower Films is an American production company owned by Drew Barrymore and Nancy Juvonen. Filmography Film * ''Never Been Kissed'' (1999) * '' Charlie's Angels'' (2000) * ''Donnie Darko'' (2001) * '' Duplex'' (2003) * '' Charlie's Angels: Fu ...

. Here she dabbled in scriptwriting, handling production rewrites for ''

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'', and met the film's director

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. The two later formed production company

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in 2001. In September 2016, Savage was announced as an executive producer for the then-upcoming ''Dynasty'' reboot series.

Filmography

Film

Television

The numbers in directing and writing credits refer to the number of episodes.

Web

The numbers in writing credits refer to the number of episodes.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Savage, Stephanie 1969 births Canadian screenwriters Canadian soap opera writers Canadian television producers Canadian women television producers Living people University of Toronto alumni University of Iowa alumni Women soap opera writers Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Canadian women writers 20th-century Canadian writers Canadian women screenwriters Canadian women television writers