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Charles Shyer

Highest Rated: 87% The Parent Trap (1998)

Lowest Rated: 0% Once Upon a Crime (1992)

Birthday: Oct 11, 1951

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA

A screenwriter, director and producer who has had his hand in many film comedies from the late 1970s, Shyer has frequently teamed with his wife Nancy Meyers and screenwriter Alan Mandel. The son of a Directors Guild founder, Shyer got his first credit as a producer (with Mandel) of the TV pilot "Cops" (CBS, 1973), but quickly moved on to writing. He contributed episodes of "All in the Family" and "The Odd Couple," among others. After penning (again with Mandel) the pilot "Lady Luck" (NBC, 1973), he moved into films with the crowd-pleasing Burt Reynolds vehicle "Smokey and the Bandit" (1977, with Mandel and James Lee Barrett). Shyer and Mandel also wrote the script for Jack Nicholson's directorial effort "Goin' South," and was one of the many who penned "House Calls" (both 1978).

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Highest rated movies

87% 70% The Parent Trap Watchlist
83% 60% Private Benjamin
Watchlist 73% 64% The Noel Diary Watchlist
72% 85% Smokey and the Bandit
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70% 70% Father of the Bride
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69% 49% Goin' South
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67% 62% Baby Boom
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60% 47% Irreconcilable Differences
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54% 60% Father of the Bride Part II
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48% 51% Alfie
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Charles Shyer

Charles Shyer BABY BOOM, screenwriter and producer Nancy Meyers, screenwriter and director Charles Shyer, 1987, ©United Artists / THE PARENT TRAP, director Nancy Meyers, Lindsay Lohan, screenwriter Charles Shyer on set, 1998, (c) Walt Disney THE PARENT TRAP, Natasha Richardson, Dennis Quaid, Elaine Hendrix, screenwriter Charles Shyer, director Nancy Meyers on set, 1998, (c) Walt Disney ALFIE, Jude Law, director Charles Shyer on set, 2004, (c) Paramount ALFIE, director Charles Shyer, Sienna Miller on set, 2004, (c) Paramount ALFIE, Charles Shyer, 2004, (c) Paramount ALFIE, Charles Shyer, Jude Law, 2004, (c) Paramount ALFIE, from left: Jude Law, director Charles Shyer on set, 2004, ©Paramount Pictures ALFIE, Sienna Miller, director Charles Shyer on set, 2004, (c) Paramount View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
40% 19% Best. Christmas. Ever! Screenwriter,
Producer 		- 2023
73% 64% The Noel Diary Director,
Screenwriter 		- 2022
No Score Yet 93% Woven Executive Producer - 2016
48% 51% Alfie Director,
Writer,
Producer 		$13.4M 2004
15% 42% The Affair of the Necklace Director,
Producer 		$430.3K 2001
87% 70% The Parent Trap Writer,
Producer 		$66.3M 1998
54% 60% Father of the Bride Part II Director $76.6M 1995
22% 33% I Love Trouble Director,
Screenwriter 		$30.8M 1994
0% 43% Once Upon a Crime Screenwriter $28.1K 1992
70% 70% Father of the Bride Director,
Writer 		$89.1M 1991
67% 62% Baby Boom Director,
Writer 		$25.4M 1987
33% 58% Jumpin' Jack Flash Screenwriter $24.5M 1986
60% 47% Irreconcilable Differences Director,
Screenwriter 		- 1984
83% 60% Private Benjamin Producer - 1980
38% 48% House Calls Screenwriter - 1978
69% 49% Goin' South Screenwriter - 1978
72% 85% Smokey and the Bandit Writer - 1977

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Baby Boom Writer 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Odd Couple Director,
Writer 		1971 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Getting Together Writer 1971