Peggy Holmes

Peggy Holmes is an American choreographer, dancer, screenwriter, and film director. Her full-length directorial debut was on 2008's The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning,^[1] although she had previously directed a segment of the anthology film Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas. She later directed Secret of the Wings (2012) and The Pirate Fairy (2014) from the Tinker Bell film series.^[2][3] She uses her choreography skills to bringing life to characters; animated and otherwise. Her choreography credits includes: The Country Bears, The Old Broads, I Love Trouble, Hocus Pocus, Newsies,^[4] and The Fabulous Baker Boys. Peggy's choreography was also used though television shows, specifically; for the Pilot Episode of Fame L.A. She appeared in the TV show Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash.^[5] On January 14, 2020, Peggy Holmes was hired to direct the animated film Luck.^[6]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Choreographer	Other	Role	Notes
1984	Gimme an 'F'	No	No	Assistant	Yes	Duck #1
1988	Totally Minnie	No	No	No	Yes	Dancer	Television Film
	The In Crowd	No	No	Assistant	Yes	Key Dancer
	Ladykillers	No	No	Assistant	No		Television Film
1989	Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland	No	No	No	Yes		Dancer
	The Fabulous Baker Boys	No	No	Yes	No		Choreographer: "Makin' Whoopee"
1992	Wayne's World	No	No	Yes	No		Choreographer: "Fox Lady"
	Newsies	No	No	Yes	No
	Encino Man	No	No	Yes	No
1993	Hocus Pocus	No	No	Yes	Yes	Dancer
	Gypsy	No	No	No	Yes		Movement Consultant; Television Film
1995	Jury Duty	No	No	Yes	No
	Father of the Bride Part II	No	No	Yes	No
1996	A Very Brady Sequel	No	No	Yes	No
1998	Houdini	No	No	Yes	No		Television Film
1999	The Deep End of the Ocean	No	No	Yes	No
2000	Beautiful	No	No	Yes	No
2001	These Old Broads	No	No	Yes	No		Television Film
	Rock Star	No	No	Yes	No
2003	The Jungle Book 2	No	No	Yes	No		Choreographer: "Jungle Rhythm", "W-I-L-D"
2004	The Lion King 1½	No	No	Additional	No		Direct-to-video
	Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers	No	No	Yes	No
	Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas	Segment (Story)	Segment (Story)	No	No		Segment: "Belles on Ice"; Direct-to-video
2005	Kronk's New Groove	No	No	Yes	No		Direct-to-video
2008	The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning	Yes	No	No	Yes		Additional Screenplay Material; Direct-to-video
2012	Secret of the Wings	Yes	Screenplay	No	No
2014	The Pirate Fairy	Yes	Story	No	Yes		Additional Dialogue
2022	Luck	Yes	No	No	No

Television Series and Specials

Year	Title	Choreographer	Dance Sequences	Actress	Role	Notes
1985	Knots Landing	No	No	Yes	Driver	Episode: "A Piece of the Pie"
1990	Hull High	Assistant	No	No
1994	Something Wilder	No	Yes	No		Episode: "Gotta Dance"
1997-1998	Fame L.A.	Yes	No	No

Music Video Compilations

Year	Title	Director
1993	Dangerous: The Short Films	Associate

References

1. Hayward, Philip (2017-01-30). Making a Splash: Mermaids (and Mer-Men) in 20th and 21st Century Audiovisual Media. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-86196-925-8.
2. Milligan, Mercedes (2020-01-15). "Director Peggy Holmes Takes Over Skydance Debut Toon 'Luck'". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
3. "Skydance Animation's First Film 'Luck' Lands New Director (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
4. "Peggy Holmes Interview for Disney". www.girl.com.au. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
5. "Peggy Holmes | TV Guide". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
6. Donnelly, Matt (January 15, 2020). "John Lasseter's Skydance Animation Names Peggy Holmes New Director of 'Luck'". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved January 15, 2020.