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Savage began her career as Vice President of Development at Flower Films, Drew Barrymore's production company. While at Flower, she helped develop the feature films "Never Been Kissed," "Charlie's Angels" and "Donnie Darko." Savage then formed Wonderland Sound and Vision with producing partner, director McG.
Wonderland's first film, "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle," grossed over $265 million worldwide. Wonderland also produced the Fox shows "Fastlane" and "The O.C.", as well as "The Mountain," which Savage wrote and executive produced, along with Shaun Cassidy and McG.
Savage developed "The O.C." with creator Josh Schwartz, who gave Savage her first shot at a TV script with "The Best Chrismukkah Ever." She moved on from Wonderland in 2005, and worked exclusively on "The O.C." in seasons three and four. She executive produced the fourth season as well as wrote numerous episodes of the series.
She recently completed her first feature script, an adaptation of the Alloy Entertainment property "The Au Pairs," for Flower Films and Warner Bros.
Canadian-born Savage first came to Los Angeles from the University of Iowa, where she taught film history and theory while working on her PhD. She is the published author of several scholarly articles on true crime, scandal and pornography.