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Tom Shadyac

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  • Actor
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Tom Shadyac in Bruce Almighty (2003)
Director Tom Shadyac speaks with intellectual and spiritual leaders about what's wrong with our world and how we can improve both it and the way we live in it.
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I Am (2010)
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Tom Shadyac moved to Los Angeles in 1983 and, at age 24, became the youngest staff joke writer ever for comedian Bob Hope. Shadyac received his master's degree in film from UCLA in 1989 after completing the critically acclaimed short, Tom, Dick and Harry. He then worked on movies-of-the-week, rewrote and directed for Fox. Shadyac has also dabbled in stand-up comedy and at one time, appeared regularly at the Improv on Melrose, as well as guest starring on TV series and movies.
BornDecember 11, 1958
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BornDecember 11, 1958
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Jim Carrey and Tom Shadyac in Bruce Almighty (2003)
Tom Shadyac, Sammy Boyarsky, and Cubbie Kile in Bruce Almighty (2003)
Jennifer Aniston, Jim Carrey, and Tom Shadyac in Bruce Almighty (2003)
Jennifer Aniston and Tom Shadyac in Bruce Almighty (2003)
Kevin Costner and Tom Shadyac in Dragonfly (2002)
Kathy Bates and Tom Shadyac in Dragonfly (2002)
Tom Shadyac in Dragonfly (2002)
Jennifer Aniston and Tom Shadyac in Bruce Almighty (2003)
Stephen Gibbons and Tom Shadyac
Tom Shadyac and Sherri Shepherd in Brian Banks (2018)
Greg Kinnear, Tom Shadyac, and Justin Brooks in Brian Banks (2018)
Morgan Freeman, Tom Shadyac, and Steve Carell in Evan Almighty (2007)

Known for

Eddie Murphy in The Nutty Professor (1996)
The Nutty Professor
5.7
  • Director
  • 1996
I Am (2010)
I Am
7.5
  • Director
  • 2010
Dragonfly (2002)
Dragonfly
6.1
  • Producer
  • 2002
Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
6.9
  • Director(directed by)
  • 1994

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Producer

  • Dr. Sensitive
    • In Development
  • The Thousand Year Journey (2015)
    The Thousand Year Journey
  • Racing Extinction (2015)
    Racing Extinction
  • The Polyphonic Spree & the Very Best in Uganda
  • King of Norway (2013)
    King of Norway
  • Happy (2012)
    Happy
  • Finding Kind (2011)
    Finding Kind
  • Adam Sandler and Kevin James in I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007)
    I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
    • (produced by)
  • Steve Carell in Evan Almighty (2007)
    Evan Almighty
  • Lewis Black, Mark Derwin, Jeremy Howard, Blake Lively, Justin Long, Maria Thayer, Joe Hursley, Columbus Short, Jonah Hill, and Adam Herschman in Accepted (2006)
    Accepted
  • James Garner, Katey Sagal, David Spade, Kaley Cuoco, Amy Davidson, and Martin Spanjers in 8 Simple Rules (2002)
    8 Simple Rules
  • Tom Everett Scott and Brian Scolaro in Platonically Incorrect (2003)
    Platonically Incorrect
  • Jim Carrey in Bruce Almighty (2003)
    Bruce Almighty
  • Dragonfly (2002)
    Dragonfly
  • Eddie Murphy in Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)
    Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
  • Robin Williams in Patch Adams (1998)
    Patch Adams

Director

  • Dr. Sensitive
    • In Development
  • The Line Up
    • Pre-production
  • Brian Banks (2018)
    Brian Banks
  • I Am (2010)
    I Am
  • Steve Carell in Evan Almighty (2007)
    Evan Almighty
  • Tom Everett Scott and Brian Scolaro in Platonically Incorrect (2003)
    Platonically Incorrect
  • Jim Carrey in Bruce Almighty (2003)
    Bruce Almighty
  • Dragonfly (2002)
    Dragonfly
  • Robin Williams in Patch Adams (1998)
    Patch Adams
  • Jim Carrey in Liar Liar (1997)
    Liar Liar
  • Eddie Murphy in The Nutty Professor (1996)
    The Nutty Professor
  • Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
    Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
    • (directed by)
  • Frankenstein: The College Years (1991)
    Frankenstein: The College Years

Actor

  • Jocks (1986)
    Jocks
  • Pernell Roberts in Trapper John, M.D. (1979)
    Trapper John, M.D.
  • Tom Selleck in Magnum, P.I. (1980)
    Magnum, P.I.
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I Am
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I Am

Personal details

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    • December 11, 1958
    • Falls Church, Virginia, USA
  • Book: "Life's Operating Manual - With the Fear and Truth Dialogues". Carlsbad (CA): Hay House. ISBN 1781801932
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    • 1 Interview

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  • Trivia
    Gave Jim Carrey his first major role in a motion picture with Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), his big directorial debut.
  • Quotes
    "When in doubt, leave it out." On whether he contemplates scenes of a movie when filming.
    • Often hires Don Zimmerman as the editor

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