---
name: "Dave Holstein"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dave-holstein"
fi1m_id: "dave-holstein"
imdb_id: "nm1439546"
tmdb_id: 1888448
wikidata_id: "Q132456868"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T16:58:23.682849+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Dave Holstein

## Identity

Dave Holstein

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dave-holstein
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dave-holstein
- **IMDb ID:** nm1439546
- **TMDB ID:** 1888448
- **Wikidata ID:** Q132456868
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Holstein, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132456868, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1439546/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1888448

Writer. Born 1 January 1983 in Houston.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1983, Houston
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Also known as:** David Holstein
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 76 (1), 2020s 68 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Holstein, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132456868, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1439546/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1888448

## Streaming the US now

- **Paramount+:** [*Weeds*](https://film.one/tv/weeds.md) (76)
- **Disney+:** [*Inside Out 2*](https://film.one/film/inside-out-2.md) (68)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Dave Holstein is an American writer and producer. Born in Houston, Texas, in 1983, he graduated from Northwestern University.

He began his career as a staff writer on the Showtime series *Weeds* (2008–2012) and went on to write for *The Brink* (2015), *I'm Dying Up Here* (2017) and other television programmes. He created, wrote and served as showrunner for the Showtime comedy *Kidding* (2018–2020), starring Jim Carrey.

Holstein co-wrote the screenplay for the Pixar film *Inside Out 2* (2024) with Meg LeFauve.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, hollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Inside Out 2* (2024), Fi1m 68, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/inside-out-2.md)
- *Weeds* (2005), Fi1m 76, Writer, Staff Writer, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/weeds.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Inside Out 2* (2024), Screenplay — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/inside-out-2.md)
- *Kidding* (2018), series, as Snagglehorse, Maestro Fermata · Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *I'm Dying Up Here* (2017), series, Writer
- *The Brink* (2015), series, Writer
- *Weeds* (2005), series, Writer, Staff Writer, Co-Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/weeds.md)
- *Disaster Wedding*, Screenplay

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