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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% 63% 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

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Best. Christmas. Ever! 40% 19% 2023 Screenwriter, Producer The Noel Diary 73% 63% 2022 Director, Screenwriter Woven 93% 2016 Executive Producer Alfie 48% 51% 2004 Director, Writer, Producer The Affair of the Necklace 15% 42% 2001 Director, Producer The Parent Trap 87% 70% 1998 Writer, Producer Father of the Bride Part II 54% 60% 1995 Director I Love Trouble 22% 33% 1994 Director, Screenwriter Once Upon a Crime 0% 43% 1992 Screenwriter Father of the Bride 70% 70% 1991 Director, Writer Baby Boom 67% 62% 1987 Director, Writer Jumpin' Jack Flash 33% 58% 1986 Screenwriter Irreconcilable Differences 60% 47% 1984 Director, Screenwriter Private Benjamin 83% 60% 1980 Producer House Calls 38% 48% 1978 Screenwriter Goin' South 69% 49% 1978 Screenwriter Smokey and the Bandit 72% 85% 1977 Writer
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