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Line 9: \| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|mf=yes\|1958\|12\|11}} \| birth_place = [[Falls Church, Virginia]], U.S. ~~\| nationality = American~~ \| alma_mater = [[University of Virginia]] \| occupation = ~~Screenwriter,~~Film director, producer, author \| yearsactive = 1984–present \| birth_name = Thomas Peter Shadyac Line 18 ⟶ 17: }} '''Thomas Peter Shadyac''' (born December 11, 1958) is an American director~~, screenwriter~~, producer, and ~~author~~writer. The youngest joke-writer ever for comedian [[Bob Hope]],<ref name="pepp">{{cite web\| title = Tom Shadyac is Not Your Typical Hollywood Director\| publisher = Pepperdine Magazine, April 8, 2011, Sarah Fisher\| url = http://magazine.pepperdine.edu/index.php/2011/04/tom-shadyac-is-not-your-typical-hollywood-director/}}</ref> Shadyac is widely known for writing and directing the comedy films ''[[Ace Ventura: Pet Detective]]'', ''[[The Nutty Professor (1996 film)\|The Nutty Professor]]'', ''[[Liar Liar]]'', ''[[Patch Adams (film)\|Patch Adams]]'', and ''[[Bruce Almighty]]''. In 2010, Shadyac retired from the comedy genre and wrote, directed, and narrated his own documentary film ''[[I Am (2010 American 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.<ref name="pepp"/><ref name="pepperdine-graphic.com">{{cite web\| title = Letter to the Editor 04.23.14 edition\| date = April 23, 2014\| publisher = Pepperdine Graphic, April 23, 2014, Tom Shadyac\| url = http://pepperdine-graphic.com/letter-to-the-editor-04-23-14-edition/}}</ref> In 2011, he was a participant in the Conference on World Affairs.<ref name="Tom Shadyac">[http://www.colorado.edu/cwa/bios.html?id=161&year=2011 "Tom Shadyac"] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227063940/http://www.colorado.edu/cwa/bios.html?id=161&year=2011 \|date=February 27, 2015 }}. Conference on World Affairs, [[University of Colorado Boulder]], 2011. Retrieved May 21, 2015.</ref> In 2015, Shadyac began teaching film at the [[University of Colorado Boulder]], beginning with that year's Spring semester.<ref name="Shadyac's Travels">Casey, Michael J. (February 19, 2015). [www.boulderweekly.com/article-14033-shadyacs-travels.html "Shadyac's Travels"]. ''[[Boulder Weekly]]''</ref> Shadyac teaches film at the [[University of Memphis]].<ref name="college.usatoday.com">Cannon, Joshua (March 6, 2015). [http://college.usatoday.com/2015/03/06/directors-class-creates-community-in-memphis/ "Director's class creates community in Memphis"]. ''[[USA Today]]''.</ref> ==Early life== Shadyac was born in [[Falls Church, Virginia]] to Julie and Richard Shadyac, a lawyer.<ref name=FilmReference>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/69/Tom-Shadyac.html "Tom Shadyac Biography (1958?-)"]. Film Reference. Retrieved August 21, 2016.</ref><ref name="You">{{cite web\|title=Director Tom Shadyac - Happiness, Faith, & Jim Carrey\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_al5KXOvDyE \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/_al5KXOvDyE\| archive-date=2021-12-12 \|url-status=live\|work=TYT Interviews on YouTube\|publisher=Google Inc\|access-date=April 10, 2014\|format=Video upload\|date=January 23, 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> His mother was of [[Lebanese American\|Lebanese]] descent, while his father was of half-[[Irish Americans\|Irish]] and half-Lebanese ancestry.<ref>{{cite news\| url=~~http~~https://~~articles~~www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-03-12~~/entertainment/~~-ca-~~37254_1_jim~~37254-~~carrey/3~~story.html \| work=Los Angeles Times \| first=Scott \| last=Collins \| title=Eye to Eye, Lie to Lie \| date=March 12, 1997}}</ref> His mother, who died of cancer in 1998, had become semi-quadriplegic and spent much of Shadyac's adult life in a wheelchair.<ref name="pepp"/> Shadyac attended [[J. E. B. Stuart High School]] in Falls Church, where he had played basketball, participated in the [[Key Club]], and made the Junior National and National Honor Societies. In both 1975 and 1976, Shadyac was included in the now-defunct "Who's Who Among High School Students" book, prior to his graduation in 1976.{{citation needed\|date=April 2014}} Line 39 ⟶ 38: Examples of other Shadyac films include his collaboration with [[Eddie Murphy]] on ''The Nutty Professor'' movie series; ''[[Patch Adams (film)\|Patch Adams]]'', starring [[Robin Williams]]; ''[[Dragonfly (2002 film)\|Dragonfly]]'' with [[Kevin Costner]]; and ''[[Evan Almighty]]'', the sequel to ''[[Bruce Almighty]]'' with [[Steve Carell]]. He was also the executive producer of the [[American Broadcasting Company\|ABC]] TV series ''[[8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter]]''. His company Shady Acres Entertainment had an overall deal with Universal in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Cox\|first=Dan\|date=1999-03-05\|title=Shadyac's U turn\|url=https://variety.com/1999/film/news/shadyac-s-u-turn-1117491967/\|access-date=2021-05-31\|website=Variety\|language=en-US}}</ref> In his 2011 documentary ''[[I Am (2010 American documentary film)\|I Am]]'', which follows Shadyac in the aftermath of a bicycle accident in which he suffered significant injuries, he interviews scientists, religious leaders, environmentalists and philosophers, including [[David Suzuki]], [[Desmond Tutu]], [[Noam Chomsky]], [[Lynne McTaggart]], [[Elisabet Sahtouris]], [[Howard Zinn]] and [[Thom Hartmann]]. The film asks two central questions:<ref name="bridge">{{cite web\| title = Bridgewater native co-produces 'I AM – The Documentary' by director Tom Shadyac\| date = November 27, 2010\| publisher = The Messenger Gazette, November 27, 2010, Lynn Weckworth\| url = http://www.nj.com/messenger-gazette/index.ssf/2010/11/bridgewater_native_co-produces_i_am_the_documentary_by_director_tom_shadyac.html}}</ref> ''What’s Wrong With the World?'' and ''What Can We Do About it?'' The film is about "human connectedness, happiness, and the human spirit," and explores Shadyac's personal journey, "the nature of humanity" and the "world's ever-growing addiction to materialism."<ref name="pepp"/><ref name=Observer>{{cite web\| title = Tom Almighty! Shadyac's Doc Debuts at Mountainfilm.\| newspaper = The Watch\| author = James, Karen\| date = May 27, 2010\| url = http://www.watchnewspapers.com/view/full_story/7721991/article-Tom-Almighty--Shadyac%E2%80%99s-Doc-Debuts-at-Mountainfilm-\| access-date = April 18, 2011\| archive-date = April 13, 2014\| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140413143258/http://www.watchnewspapers.com/view/full_story/7721991/article-Tom-Almighty--Shadyac%E2%80%99s-Doc-Debuts-at-Mountainfilm-\| url-status = dead}}</ref> The film received a 23-minute standing ovation at its premiere screening.<ref name="usatoday">{{cite news\| title = Director Tom Shadyac: 'I've been called crazy many times'\|newspaper=[[USA Today]]\|date=March 24, 2011\|author=Oldenburg, Ann\| url = http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2011/03/director-tom-shadyac-ive-been-called-crazy-many-times/1?csp=34}}</ref> ===Author=== Line 45 ⟶ 44: <blockquote>Many, if not most, of Mr. Shadyac’s elucidations are mundane truisms. But this absolutely does not discredit them ... Books like his are frequently read by people who already understand the messages contained but desire booster shots of energizing inspirations. Preaching to the choir is not a bad thing, but the preacher has to do something more to keep the choir awake ... Tom Shadyac’s view of what we need to keep our world from continuing on its downward spiral would have carried more gravitas had he said it better and with more convincing clarity. It would, indeed, be helpful if a how-to book for existence were available.<ref name="New">{{cite web\|title=Life's Operating Manual: With the Fear and Truth Dialogues\|url=http://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/lifes-operating-manual-fear-and-truth-dialogues\|work=New York Journal of Books\|access-date=April 10, 2014\|author=Martin A. David\|year=2013}}</ref></blockquote> ===~~Teaching~~Other work=== Shadyac is a former adjunct professor of communication at [[Pepperdine University]]'s Seaver College.<ref name="pepp"/><ref name="pepperdine-graphic.com"/> In 2011 he was a participant in the Conference on World Affairs.<ref name="Tom Shadyac"/> In 2015, Shadyac began teaching film at the University of Colorado Boulder, beginning with that year's Spring semester,<ref name="Shadyac's Travels"/> Shadyac now teaches film at the [[University of Memphis]].<ref name="college.usatoday.com"/> ~~=== Charity ===~~ On March 22, 2018, Shadyac opened the doors to his newest project: [https://www.memphisrox.org/ Memphis Rox] climbing gym. Located in South Memphis, it is a non-profit, pay-what-you-can climbing gym and community center. Memphis Rox also features weight lifting, climbing specific training, treadmills & other cardio, and classes in Yoga, Meditation, Tai Chi, and Senior Fitness. It is across the street from the [[Stax Records\|Stax Museum of American soul music.]] Line 90 ⟶ 88: \|{{no}} \|{{yes}} \|Co-~~Written~~written with Jack Bernstein and [[Jim Carrey]] \|- \|1996 Line 149 ⟶ 147: \|} ~~{\| style="width:100%;"~~ ~~\|- style="vertical-align:top;"~~ ~~\| width="40%" \|~~ '''Executive producer''' {{colbegin\|colwidth=22em}} * ''[[Nutty Professor II: The Klumps]]'' (2000) * ''Finding Kind'' (2010) (Documentary) * ''[[Happy (2011 film)\|Happy]]'' (2011) (Documentary) {{colend}} ~~\| width="60%" \|~~ '''Producer''' {{colbegin\|colwidth=22em}} * ''[[Accepted (film)\|Accepted]]'' (2006) * ''[[I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry]]'' (2007) {{colend}} ~~\| width="50%" \|~~ \|} ===Acting roles=== Line 234 ⟶ 229: ==External links== {{IMDb name\|1723\|Tom Shadyac}} [http://www.iamthedoc.com ''I AM'' The Documentary official website] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611043121/http://www.iamthedoc.com/ \|date=June 11, 2016 }} {{Tom Shadyac}} Line 247 ⟶ 242: [[Category:American people of Irish descent]] [[Category:American male screenwriters]] [[Category:~~Comedy~~American comedy film directors]] [[Category:~~Horror~~American horror film directors]] [[Category:Fantasy film directors]] [[Category:Living people]] Line 256 ⟶ 251: [[Category:UCLA Film School alumni]] [[Category:Film directors from Virginia]] ~~[[Category:American male writers]]~~ [[Category:Screenwriters from Virginia]] [[Category:American Christians]]