Tom Shadyac
Thomas Peter Shadyac is an American film director, producer, and writer. The youngest joke-writer ever for comedian Bob Hope, Shadyac is widely known for writing and directing the comedy films Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), The Nutty Professor (1996), Liar Liar (1997), Patch Adams (1998), and Bruce Almighty (2003). In 2010, Shadyac retired from the comedy genre and wrote, directed, and narrated his own documentary film I Am, that explores his abandonment of a materialistic lifestyle following his involvement in a bicycle accident three years earlier.
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- Born in
- Falls Church
- Educated at
- University of California, Los AngelesUniversity of VirginiaJustice High SchoolUCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
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