His long collaboration with Nancy Meyers produced a string of hit movies, including “Baby Boom” and “Father of the Bride,” ...

Oscar and Golden Globe-nominated writer/director Charles Shyer, who also worked on The Parent Trap, dies at the age of 83.

Shyer also co-wrote movies like 1998's "The Parent Trap" and 1977's "Smokey and the Bandit." Charles Shyer, who directed hit ...

Between the two movies, the couple contributed to the ... screenwriters on 1980’s Private Benjamin. Warner Brothers / courtesy Everett Collection Charles Richard Shyer was born in Los Angeles ...

The film became a major box office success ... an Academy Award nod for best supporting actress. "Private Benjamin" premiered in 1980, and Shyer and Meyers tied the knot in Rome that same year.

Shyer’s Oscar nomination, as well as a WGA Award win, came for the original screenplay for 1980’s comedy hit Private Benjamin starring ... the title role of the film, written, directed and ...