FILM DIRECTOR

Tom Shadyac

1958 - Today

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Thomas Peter Shadyac (born December 11, 1958) 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. Shadyac is a former professor of communication at Pepperdine University's Seaver College. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Tom Shadyac is the 1,417th most popular film director (up from 1,497th in 2024), the 10,260th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,541st in 2019) and the 380th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Tom Shadyac ranks 1,417 out of 2,041. Before him are Sidney Olcott, Ole Bornedal, Frank Tashlin, Jon Avnet, Edvin Laine, and Norman Z. McLeod. After him are Kwak Jae-yong, Hugh Wilson, Jonathan Lynn, Elmer Clifton, Vasily Goncharov, and Robert Lepage.

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Among people born in 1958, Tom Shadyac ranks 414. Before him are Marie Yovanovitch, Ronald Gamarra Herrera, Liao Yiwu, Romy Müller, Korado Korlević, and Ted McGinley. After him are Robert Kagan, Megan Mullally, John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute, Eric Douglas, Raul Khajimba, and Terry Butcher.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tom Shadyac ranks 10,266 out of 20,380. Before him are Norman Z. McLeod (1898), Dorothy Comingore (1913), Kellan Lutz (1985), Harry Turtledove (1949), Debra Mooney (1947), Miriam A. Ferguson (1875), Michael Horse (1949), Alicia Witt (1975), George Herriman (1880), and Cynthia Watros (1968). After him are Irene Rosenfeld (1953), and Gene Anthony Ray (1962).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Tom Shadyac ranks 380. Before him are Bennett Miller (1966), Alexander Hall (1894), Joseph Ruben (1950), Frank Tashlin (1913), Jon Avnet (1949), and Norman Z. McLeod (1898). After him are Hugh Wilson (1943), Robert Burks (1909), Len Wiseman (1973), Rian Johnson (1973), D. A. Pennebaker (1925), and Victor Schertzinger (1888).

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