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name: "Charles Shyer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charles-shyer"
fi1m_id: "charles-shyer"
imdb_id: "nm0796124"
tmdb_id: 56106
wikidata_id: "Q376130"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "11 October 1941"
died: "27 December 2024"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T16:45:02.360867+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."
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# Charles Shyer

## Identity

Charles Shyer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/charles-shyer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** charles-shyer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0796124
- **TMDB ID:** 56106
- **Wikidata ID:** Q376130
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Shyer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q376130, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0796124/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56106

Writer and producer. Born 11 October 1941 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Died 27 December 2024.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 11 October 1941, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Died:** 27 December 2024
- **Active:** 1980–1998
- **Also known as:** J.W. Melville
- **Frequently works with:** [Nancy Meyers](https://film.one/person/nancy-meyers.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Shyer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q376130, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0796124/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56106

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Private Benjamin*](https://film.one/film/private-benjamin.md) (64)

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## Biography

Charles Shyer was an American screenwriter, director and producer. The son of Melville Shyer, one of the founders of the Directors Guild of America, he began his career in television, writing for series such as *The Odd Couple* and working as an assistant director before moving into feature films.

Shyer received an Academy Award nomination for the screenplay of *Private Benjamin* (1980), which he co-wrote with Nancy Meyers and Harvey Miller; he also produced the film. He and Meyers, whom he married in 1980, collaborated on several comedies. Shyer produced and co-wrote the screenplay for the 1998 remake of *The Parent Trap*. Other credits include directing *Father of the Bride* (1991) and its 1995 sequel. He also wrote under the pseudonym J.W. Melville.

*Sources: hollywoodreporter.com, apnews.com, imdb.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Private Benjamin* (1980), Fi1m 64, Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/private-benjamin.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Best. Christmas. Ever!* (2023), Executive Producer, Screenplay
- *The Noel Diary* (2022), Screenplay, Director
- *Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)* (2020), Executive Producer
- *Him and Us* (2006), Director
- *Alfie* (2004), Director, Producer, Screenplay
- *The Affair of the Necklace* (2001), Director, Producer
- *The Parent Trap* (1998), Producer, Second Unit Director, Screenplay
- *Father of the Bride Part II* (1995), Director, Screenplay
- *I Love Trouble* (1994), Director, Screenplay
- *Once Upon a Crime* (1992), Screenplay
- *Father of the Bride* (1991), Director, Screenplay
- *Baby Boom* (1988), series, Director, Writer, Creator
- *Baby Boom* (1987), Director, Screenplay
- *Jumpin' Jack Flash* (1986), Screenplay
- *Protocol* (1984), Story
- *Irreconcilable Differences* (1984), Writer, Director
- *Private Benjamin* (1980), Producer, Writer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/private-benjamin.md)
- *Goin' South* (1978), Screenplay
- *House Calls* (1978), Screenplay
- *Smokey and the Bandit* (1977), Screenplay
- *Happy Days* (1974), series, Writer
- *Getting Together* (1971), series, Writer
- *The Odd Couple* (1970), series, Director, Producer, Writer
- *Barefoot in the Park* (1970), series, Writer
- *Baby Boom*, Original Film Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1981: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Private Benjamin*

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

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