About me
Dave Holstein is the Golden Globe-nominated co-screenwriter of Disney Pixar’s INSIDE OUT 2. The film, which was the sequel to the 2015 film INSIDE OUT, was released on June 14, 2024 and instantly rose to global success. INSIDE OUT 2 became the first film of 2024 to hit $1 Billion at the global box office, has become the most successful animated film of all time, and is currently the 10th most successful film in history. Previously, Dave was the writer/creator of Showtime’s Golden Globe-nominated dramedy series KIDDING, starring Jim Carrey, and was also a writer/executive producer on the Showtime drama I’M DYING UP HERE. Dave was also a writer/executive producer on HBO’s comedy series THE BRINK, and was a writer/producer on the final season FOX’s RAISING HOPE. Before that, he spent six years as a writer/producer on Showtime’s WEEDS. Dave has developed pilots for Netflix, Paramount+, Apple TV+, Starz, Comedy Central, Showtime, CBS and FOX, as well as feature films for Universal Pictures, Warner Brothers and Amazon. As a playwright, Dave’s work has been performed in Edinburgh, Sydney, New York, Chicago and elsewhere. His musical adaptation of THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES (with Alan Schmuckler) for the Tony-winning Chicago Shakespeare Theatre received a National Alliance for Musical Theater grant and is published with Rodgers and Hammerstein Theatricals. His podcast musical WAIT WAIT DON’T KILL ME (also with Alan Schmuckler) received the Sarah Lawrence International Award for Audio Fiction, as well as a 2017 Webby Award. Dave was also a 2014 attendee of the Johnny Mercer Writers Colony at Goodspeed Musicals. He is a graduate of Northwestern University.