Craig Saavedra, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Craig Saavedra

American film director

Date of Birth: 02-Nov-1963

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

Profession: screenwriter, film director

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Craig Michael Saavedra (born November 2, 1963 in Los Angeles, California) is an American film producer, director, Tony Award-winning Broadway producer and co-owner of New York City and Los Angeles-based production company Starry Night Entertainment. Saavedra was raised in Thousand Oaks, California along with his six siblings, among them cartoonist/illustrator Scott Saavedra (“Dr.
Radium”) and KFI AM 640 radio personality Neil Saavedra (host of The Fork Report and producer of “The Jesus Christ Show”).
He is married to cinematographer/director Joaquin Sedillo. Shortly after graduating high school, Saavedra found employment at Universal Studios in Hollywood as a tour guide.
In the evenings, he attended film courses at UCLA’s Extension program.
It was through this program that he met a film executive who eventually hired him as a story analyst at producer Jerry Weintraub’s Weintraub Entertainment Group.
Shortly thereafter, Saavedra left to become Director of Operations at Big Time Picture Company, a post-production and film editing facility on Los Angeles’ west side.
At Big Time, Saavedra met Gregg Hoffman from nearby PRO FilmWorks, and was recruited to join PRO as a development executive.