---
name: "Babaloo Mandel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/babaloo-mandel"
fi1m_id: "babaloo-mandel"
imdb_id: "nm0541632"
tmdb_id: 27519
wikidata_id: "Q179555"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "13 October 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-05T03:54:40.922269+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Babaloo Mandel

## Identity

Babaloo Mandel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/babaloo-mandel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** babaloo-mandel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0541632
- **TMDB ID:** 27519
- **Wikidata ID:** Q179555
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babaloo_Mandel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179555, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0541632/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27519

Writer. Born 13 October 1949 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 13 October 1949, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1984–2005
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 1 acting, 5 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [Lowell Ganz](https://film.one/person/lowell-ganz.md), [Brian Grazer](https://film.one/person/brian-grazer.md), [Ron Howard](https://film.one/person/ron-howard.md), [Tom Hanks](https://film.one/person/tom-hanks.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as writer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 68 (3), 1990s 78 (2), 2000s 62 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 66 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 5, Drama 2, Adventure 1, Animation 1, Family 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $760m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babaloo_Mandel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179555, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0541632/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27519

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*A League of Their Own*](https://film.one/film/a-league-of-their-own.md) (80), [*Parenthood*](https://film.one/film/parenthood.md) (78)
- **Disney+:** [*Splash*](https://film.one/film/splash.md) (80)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*City Slickers*](https://film.one/film/city-slickers.md) (76)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Spies Like Us*](https://film.one/film/spies-like-us.md) (47)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Babaloo Mandel is an American screenwriter and producer. Born Marc Alan Mandel on 13 October 1949 in New York City, he attended Queens College, City University of New York, where he met his long-time writing partner Lowell Ganz.

Mandel began his career writing episodic television comedy, including work on *Laverne & Shirley*. With Ganz he wrote the screenplays for *Night Shift* (1982), *Splash* (1984), *Parenthood* (1989), *City Slickers* (1991) and *A League of Their Own* (1992). They received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay for *Splash*.

Mandel has also written for the stage, including the book for the musical *Mr. Saturday Night* (2022).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (6)

### Performed in (1)

- *Splash* (1984), Fi1m 80, as Rudy — [page](https://film.one/film/splash.md)

### Wrote (5) — the average rests on these

- *Robots* (2005), Fi1m 62, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/robots-2005.md)
- *A League of Their Own* (1992), Fi1m 80, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/a-league-of-their-own.md)
- *City Slickers* (1991), Fi1m 76, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/city-slickers.md)
- *Parenthood* (1989), Fi1m 78, Story, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/parenthood.md)
- *Spies Like Us* (1985), Fi1m 47, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/spies-like-us.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mr. Saturday Night* (2022), Writer
- *A League of Their Own* (2022), series, Original Film Writer
- *Tooth Fairy* (2010), Screenplay
- *The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'* (2006), Thanks
- *The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'* (2006), Thanks
- *Fever Pitch* (2005), Screenplay
- *Robots* (2005), Screenplay — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/robots-2005.md)
- *Where the Heart Is* (2000), Screenplay
- *EDtv* (1999), Screenplay
- *Six Days Seven Nights* (1998), Script Researcher
- *Hiller and Diller* (1997), series, Creator
- *Fathers' Day* (1997), Screenplay
- *Multiplicity* (1996), Screenplay
- *Forget Paris* (1995), Screenplay
- *City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold* (1994), Screenplay
- *Greedy* (1994), Writer
- *Mr. Saturday Night* (1992), Writer #2, Writer, Executive Producer
- *A League of Their Own* (1992), Screenplay — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/a-league-of-their-own.md)
- *City Slickers* (1991), Screenplay — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/city-slickers.md)
- *Parenthood* (1989), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/parenthood.md)
- *Knight & Daye* (1989), series, Creator
- *Vibes* (1988), Story, Screenplay
- *Channel 99* (1988), Writer
- *Take Five* (1987), series, Creator
- *Gung Ho* (1986), series, Creator
- *Gung Ho* (1986), Screenplay, Story, Associate Producer
- *Spies Like Us* (1985), Screenplay — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/spies-like-us.md)
- *Amazing Stories* (1985), series, Writer
- *Splash* (1984), as Rudy · Screenplay — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/splash.md)
- *Herndon* (1983), Writer
- *Night Shift* (1982), Writer
- *The Further Adventures of Wally Brown* (1980), Writer
- *Hiller and Diller*, series, Creator

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1985: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Splash*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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