Tom Shadyac
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Tom Shadyac is an American comedian, producer, director and writer. He is mostly famous for his partnership with the comedian actor Jim Carrey. His hit films with Carrey include Bruce Almighty, Liar Liar, and the Ace Ventura: Pet Detective movie series. He collaborated with Eddie Murphy to write The Nutty Professor movie series. He produced Patch Adams starring Robin Williams and Dragonfly with Kevin Costner. He is also the executive producer to the ABC TV series "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter."
He is currently filming a new film called Evan Almighty, a sequel to Bruce Almighty.
As a student at the University of Virginia, he produced a poster entitled "Are You a Preppy?" Borrowing from the style of National Lampoon and from the fact that preppies were in strong supply in Charlottesville and nearby Richmond, Virginia, the poster preceded the more famous The Official Preppy Handbook. The poster went into multiple printings and served as a fund-raiser for his fraternity.
He graduated from UVA in 1981 and later from UCLA Film School.
In October 2006, at a Virginia Film Festival event[1], he conceded that Evan Almighty probably will become the most expensive comedy ever made.
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[edit] External links
- Tom Shadyac at the Internet Movie Database
- From Ace to the Almighty Christianity Today Movies article - Be the Miracle extended version
