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Charles Shyer
Writer 1941 - 2024

Charles Shyer

Los Angeles, California, USA

Charles Richard Shyer (October 11, 1941 – December 27, 2024) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Shyer's films are predominantly comedies, often with a romantic-comedy overtone. His writing and directing credits include Private Benjamin (1980),... Read full bio →

Filmography

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12 titles
Alfie

Alfie

Charles Shyer 2004 1h 46m 6.3

In Manhattan, the British limousine driver Alfie is surrounded by beautiful women, having one night stands with all of them and without any sort of commitment. His best friends are his colleague Marlon and his girl-friend Lonette. Alfie has a brief affair with Lonette, and the consequences of his act forces Alfie to reflect over his lifestyle.

The Parent Trap

The Parent Trap

Nancy Meyers 1998 2h 8m 6.7

Hallie Parker and Annie James are identical twins who were separated at a young age due to their parents' divorce. Unbeknownst to their parents, the girls are sent to the same summer camp, where they meet, discover the truth about their relationship, and come up with a plan to switch places in an effort to reunite their mother and father.

Father of the Bride Part II

Father of the Bride Part II

Charles Shyer 1995 1h 46m 5.3

Family trouble continues to plague George Banks. Having survived his daughter's marriage in the first film, he must now deal with her pregnancy. To complicate matters, his wife Nina is pregnant as well!

Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride

Charles Shyer 1991 1h 45m 5.9

George Banks is an ordinary, middle-class man whose 22 year-old daughter Annie has decided to marry a man from an upper-class family, but George can't think of what life would be like without his daughter.

Baby Boom

Baby Boom

Charles Shyer 1987 1h 50m 2.0

The life of super-yuppie J.C. is thrown into turmoil when she inherits a baby from a distant relative.

Jumpin' Jack Flash

Jumpin' Jack Flash

Penny Marshall 1986 1h 45m 6.5

Terry works for a bank, and uses computers to communicate with clients all over the world. One day, she gets a strange coded message from an unknown source. After decoding the message, Terry becomes embroiled in an espionage ring. People are killed, and Terry is chased.

Protocol

Protocol

Herbert Ross 1984 1h 36m

Sweet, unsophisticated Sunny is working as a cocktail waitress. She saves a visiting dignitary and as a reward she gets a top-office job in the Washington beehive. She has to fight against a devious protocol officer but with her charms, she saves the day when she gets involved in an arms deal with an Arab country

Irreconcilable Differences

Irreconcilable Differences

Charles Shyer 1984 1h 53m 6.0

A precocious little girl sues her selfish, career-driven parents for emancipation, surprising them both.

Private Benjamin

Private Benjamin

Howard Zieff 1980 1h 50m 5.3

A sheltered young high society woman joins the army on a whim and finds herself in a more difficult situation than she ever expected.

House Calls

House Calls

Howard Zieff 1978 1h 38m 6.0

Charley is a surgeon who's recently lost his wife; he embarks on a tragicomic romantic quest with one woman after another until he meets up with Ann, a singular woman, closer to his own age, who immediately and unexpectedly captures his heart.

Goin' South

Goin' South

Jack Nicholson 1978 1h 49m 6.0

Henry Moon is captured for a capital offense by a posse when his horse quits while trying to escape to Mexico. He finds that there is a post-Civil War law in the small town that any single or widowed woman can save him from the gallows by marrying him.

Smokey and the Bandit

Smokey and the Bandit

Hal Needham 1977 1h 36m 7.1

The Bandit is hired on to run a tractor trailer full of beer over county lines in hot pursuit by a pesky sheriff.

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