Randi Mayem Singer
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Randi Mayem Singer is a writer and producer.
Singer was raised in Palos Verdes, California. She studied political science at the University of California, Berkeley, and earned an M.A. in broadcast journalism from the University of Missouri.
Pursuing a newscasting career, Singer worked on air in the Los Angeles on such radio stations as KRLA, KRTH and KFI, using the name Randi Allison. During this time, she began writing screenplays. She won the first annual Diane Thomas Screenwriting Award in 1987 for her screenplay A 22ยข Romance. Although still not produced, it brought her to the attention of Hollywood. When Twentieth Century Fox optioned the children's novel Alias Madame Doubtfire by Anne Fine, Singer was selected to adapt it to the screen.
Singer wrote the screenplay for Mrs. Doubtfire in 1993 and co-wrote Chasing Liberty in 2004. Her television credits include being the writer and producer of Hudson Street (1995) and creator and executive producer of Jack & Jill (1999-2000). She also wrote the screenplay for Adam Shankman's remake of Topper, set to be released in 2008.
Singer is currently working with Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith on a comedy project with the working title M.I.L.F. and Cookies. According to a Variety article on February 15, 2007, the pilot has been picked up by the CW.
