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Nancy Meyers Biography (1949-)

Full name, Nancy Jane Meyers; born December 8, 1949, in Philadelphia, PA; daughter of Irving H. (in business) and Patricia (a designer; maiden name, Lemisch) Meyers; married Charles Shyer (a screenwriter); children: Annie, Hallie.Career: Screenwriter, producer, and director. Rastar Productions, LosAngeles, CA, former story editor. Member: American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, Writers Guild of America--West. Awards, Honors: Academy Award nomination,best original screenplay, and Writers Guild of America Award, best originalscreenplay, both 1980, for Private Benjamin(with Charles Shyer and Harvey Miller); Humanitas Certificate, 1989, for episode "Guilt," Baby Boom. Addresses: Office: Starr & Co., 350 Park Ave., Ninth Floor, New York, NY 10022-6022.

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Occupation

Screenwriter, producer, director

Birth Details

December 8, 1949

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• Producer, Private Benjamin, Warner Bros., 1980
• Executive producer, Irreconcilable Differences, Warner Bros., 1984
• Producer, Baby Boom, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1987
• Producer, Father of the Bride, Buena Vista, 1991
• Producer, I Love Trouble, Buena Vista, 1994
• Producer, Father of the Bride, Part II, Buena Vista, 1995
• Director, The Parent Trap, Buena Vista, 1998
• Television Work
• Executive producer, Baby Boom (series), NBC, 1988
• Associate producer, A Place to Be Loved (movie), 1993
• Television Appearances
• Specials
• Movie News Hot Summer Sneak Preview, CBS, 1994
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• (With Charles Shyer and Harvey Miller) Private Benjamin, Warner Bros., 1980
• (Story only) Protocol, Warner Bros., 1984
• Irreconcilable Differences, Warner Bros., 1984
• Baby Boom, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1987
• Father of the Bride, Buena Vista, 1991
• Once Upon a Crime., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1992
• (With others) Sister Act, Buena Vista, 1992
• (With Charles Shyer) I Love Trouble, Buena Vista, 1994
• Father of the Bride, Part II, Buena Vista, 1995
• (With David Swift and Charles Shyer) The Parent Trap, Buena Vista,1998
• Television Writing
• Baby Boom (series), NBC, 1988
• A Place to Be Loved (movie), 1993