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Charles Shyer is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Second Unit Director American born on 11 october 1941 at Los Angeles (USA)

Charles Shyer

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Birth name Charles Richard Shyer
Nationality USA
Birth 11 october 1941 (82 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Charles Richard Shyer (born October 11, 1951) is an American film director, writer and producer. Shyer's films are predominantly comedies, often with a romantic-comedy overtone. His films include Private Benjamin (1980); Irreconcilable Differences (1984); Baby Boom (1987); Father of the Bride (1991); and Father of the Bride Part II (1995), The Parent Trap (1998), The Affair of the Necklace (L'Affaire du Collier) (2001), Alfie (2004) and Ieri, Oggi Domani (Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow) (2012).

Best films

Father of the Bride (1991)
(Director)
Father of the Bride Part II (1995)
(Director)
Private Benjamin (1980)
(Writer)
The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
(Director)

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Filmography of Charles Shyer (15 films)

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Actor

Irreconcilable Differences, 1h54
Directed by Charles Shyer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Ryan O'Neal, Shelley Long, Drew Barrymore, Sam Wanamaker, Charles Shyer, Allen Garfield
Rating58% 2.90022.90022.90022.90022.9002
The film begins with media attention surrounding Casey Brodsky's (Drew Barrymore) decision to divorce her parents and have her nanny, Maria Hernandez (Hortensia Colorado), appointed as Casey's legal guardian, which results in her parents, Albert (Ryan O'Neal) and Lucy (Shelley Long) Brodsky, both being brought out of their respective self-absorbed lives and made to testify in court about their personal lives. Much of the film is presented as flashbacks.

Director

Alfie
Alfie (2004)
, 1h45
Directed by Charles Shyer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films based on plays
Actors Jude Law, Marisa Tomei, Susan Sarandon, Sienna Miller, Nia Long, Omar Epps
Rating61% 3.0972953.0972953.0972953.0972953.097295
The film opens up by introducing Alfie (Jude Law), a charismatic, charming, bed-hopping, Vespa-riding Cockney who resides in Manhattan. An impeccably stylish lad in his late twenties, Alfie funds his hedonistic lifestyle by working as a driver for the local limousine service. Meeting, romancing, and seducing women comes as second nature to Alfie. In addition to maintaining a casual relationship with a single mother named Julie (Marisa Tomei) that he refers to as his "semi-regular-quasi-sort-of-girlfriend thing", he also sleeps with various girls on the side, such as the married-yet-neglected-by-her-husband blonde named Dorie (Jane Krakowski) whom he regularly meets for sex after work in the back of his limo. At the first inkling Dorie may desire their liaison to grow into something more, he decides to stop all contact. Alfie ultimately views women as expendable, cutting them loose as soon as he feels they're starting to cramp his style.
The Affair of the Necklace, 1h58
Directed by Charles Shyer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Politique, Marie-Antoinette, Political films, Escroquerie, Histoire de France, French Revolution films, Films about royalty
Actors Hilary Swank, Jonathan Pryce, Simon Baker, Adrien Brody, Joely Richardson, Christopher Walken
Rating59% 2.9975752.9975752.9975752.9975752.997575
Jeanne de Saint-Rémy de Valois, orphaned at an early age, is determined to reclaim her royal title and the home taken from her family when she was a child. When she is rebuffed by Marie Antoinette and fails to achieve her goal through legal channels, she joins forces with the arrogant, well-connected gigolo Rétaux de Villette and her own wayward, womanizing husband Nicholas. They concoct a plan to earn her enough money to purchase the property.
Father of the Bride Part II, 1h46
Directed by Charles Shyer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality
Actors Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Martin Short, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, George Newbern, Kieran Culkin
Rating61% 3.051213.051213.051213.051213.05121
George Banks must accept the reality of what his daughter's ascension from daughter to wife, and now, to mother means when placed into perspective against his own stage of life. As the comfortable family unit starts to unravel in his mind, a rapid progression into mid-life crisis is in his future. His journey to regain his youth acts as a catalyst for a kind of "rebirth" of his attitude on life when he and his wife, Nina, find how their lives are about to change as well after Nina unexpectedly becomes pregnant. George must now contend not only with his new status as a grandfather, but to also begin again as a new parent just as he was preparing for retirement and an empty nest for him and Nina.
I Love Trouble, 2h3
Directed by Charles Shyer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Julia Roberts, Nick Nolte, Saul Rubinek, Robert Loggia, James Rebhorn, Dan Butler
Rating53% 2.6518652.6518652.6518652.6518652.651865
Peter Brackett, le journaliste vedette du Chicago Chronicle, use de son prestige pour séduire les jeunes femmes et vendre son premier roman, Légers mensonges. Le déraillement d'un train, d'apparence banal, lui donne l'occasion de mener une petite enquête comme il les aime. À un premier imprévu — l'irruption d'une belle concurrente longiligne, Sabrina Peterson, du Globe — s'en ajoute bientôt un autre, beaucoup plus inquiétant. La catastrophe ferroviaire cache une sombre affaire, fertile en meurtres et en tentatives de corruption, qu'un sigle mystérieux, « L.D.F. », ne permet guère d'expliquer. Tout en se querellant, Sabrina et Brackett remontent la filière jusqu'à une grande entreprise chimique, connue pour sa fabrication de napalm pendant la guerre du Viêt Nam.
Father of the Bride, 1h45
Directed by Charles Shyer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about marriage
Actors Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Martin Short, Kieran Culkin, George Newbern
Rating64% 3.2496353.2496353.2496353.2496353.249635
George Banks (Steve Martin) is the owner of an athletic shoe company in San Marino, California, whose 22-year-old daughter, Annie (Kimberly Williams), returns from Europe, telling them she is engaged to Bryan MacKenzie (George Newbern), a man from an upper-class family from Bel-Air, despite them only having known each other for three months. The sudden shock turns the warm reunion into a heated argument between George and Annie, but they quickly reconcile in time for Bryan to arrive and meet them. Despite Bryan's good financial status and likeable demeanour, George takes an immediate dislike to him while his wife, Nina (Diane Keaton), accepts him as a potential son-in-law.
Baby Boom
Baby Boom (1987)
, 1h50
Directed by Charles Shyer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Diane Keaton, Harold Ramis, Sam Wanamaker, Sam Shepard, James Spader, John Philbin
Rating63% 3.150163.150163.150163.150163.15016
J.C. Wiatt (Diane Keaton) is a driven Manhattan career woman (nicknamed the "Tiger Lady") typical of the 1980s whose fast-paced life leaves her with no time for romance or relaxation (or as the narrator in the beginning puts it she works "5 to 9"), though she derives pleasure from her frantic schedule and demanding job. She works as a management consultant and lives with an investment banker (Harold Ramis), whose job and life are likewise hectic. Her life is thrown into turmoil when she inherits a toddler, Elizabeth (twins Kristina and Michelle Kennedy), from a deceased cousin whom she hadn't seen in over 30 years.
Irreconcilable Differences, 1h54
Directed by Charles Shyer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Ryan O'Neal, Shelley Long, Drew Barrymore, Sam Wanamaker, Charles Shyer, Allen Garfield
Rating58% 2.90022.90022.90022.90022.9002
The film begins with media attention surrounding Casey Brodsky's (Drew Barrymore) decision to divorce her parents and have her nanny, Maria Hernandez (Hortensia Colorado), appointed as Casey's legal guardian, which results in her parents, Albert (Ryan O'Neal) and Lucy (Shelley Long) Brodsky, both being brought out of their respective self-absorbed lives and made to testify in court about their personal lives. Much of the film is presented as flashbacks.

Scriptwriter

Alfie
Alfie (2004)
, 1h45
Directed by Charles Shyer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films based on plays
Actors Jude Law, Marisa Tomei, Susan Sarandon, Sienna Miller, Nia Long, Omar Epps
Rating61% 3.0972953.0972953.0972953.0972953.097295
The film opens up by introducing Alfie (Jude Law), a charismatic, charming, bed-hopping, Vespa-riding Cockney who resides in Manhattan. An impeccably stylish lad in his late twenties, Alfie funds his hedonistic lifestyle by working as a driver for the local limousine service. Meeting, romancing, and seducing women comes as second nature to Alfie. In addition to maintaining a casual relationship with a single mother named Julie (Marisa Tomei) that he refers to as his "semi-regular-quasi-sort-of-girlfriend thing", he also sleeps with various girls on the side, such as the married-yet-neglected-by-her-husband blonde named Dorie (Jane Krakowski) whom he regularly meets for sex after work in the back of his limo. At the first inkling Dorie may desire their liaison to grow into something more, he decides to stop all contact. Alfie ultimately views women as expendable, cutting them loose as soon as he feels they're starting to cramp his style.
The Parent Trap, 2h8
Directed by Nancy Meyers
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about families, Transport films, Road movies, Children's films, Jumeaux ou jumelles, Films about marriage
Actors Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson, Elaine Hendrix, Lisa Ann Walter, Polly Holliday
Roles Ecrivain
Rating66% 3.3074953.3074953.3074953.3074953.307495
In 1986, Nick Parker (Dennis Quaid) and Elizabeth James (Natasha Richardson) meet and get married during an ocean cruise on the RMS Queen Elizabeth II. After the birth of their twin daughters, Annie and Hallie (Lindsay Lohan), Nick and Elizabeth divorce and lose contact, each parent raising one of the twins without telling her about her sister. Nick raises Hallie in Napa Valley and becomes a wealthy wine grower, while Elizabeth raises Annie in London and becomes a famous and wealthy wedding gown designer.
Father of the Bride Part II, 1h46
Directed by Charles Shyer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality
Actors Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Martin Short, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, George Newbern, Kieran Culkin
Rating61% 3.051213.051213.051213.051213.05121
George Banks must accept the reality of what his daughter's ascension from daughter to wife, and now, to mother means when placed into perspective against his own stage of life. As the comfortable family unit starts to unravel in his mind, a rapid progression into mid-life crisis is in his future. His journey to regain his youth acts as a catalyst for a kind of "rebirth" of his attitude on life when he and his wife, Nina, find how their lives are about to change as well after Nina unexpectedly becomes pregnant. George must now contend not only with his new status as a grandfather, but to also begin again as a new parent just as he was preparing for retirement and an empty nest for him and Nina.
I Love Trouble, 2h3
Directed by Charles Shyer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Julia Roberts, Nick Nolte, Saul Rubinek, Robert Loggia, James Rebhorn, Dan Butler
Rating53% 2.6518652.6518652.6518652.6518652.651865
Peter Brackett, le journaliste vedette du Chicago Chronicle, use de son prestige pour séduire les jeunes femmes et vendre son premier roman, Légers mensonges. Le déraillement d'un train, d'apparence banal, lui donne l'occasion de mener une petite enquête comme il les aime. À un premier imprévu — l'irruption d'une belle concurrente longiligne, Sabrina Peterson, du Globe — s'en ajoute bientôt un autre, beaucoup plus inquiétant. La catastrophe ferroviaire cache une sombre affaire, fertile en meurtres et en tentatives de corruption, qu'un sigle mystérieux, « L.D.F. », ne permet guère d'expliquer. Tout en se querellant, Sabrina et Brackett remontent la filière jusqu'à une grande entreprise chimique, connue pour sa fabrication de napalm pendant la guerre du Viêt Nam.
Once Upon a Crime, 1h34
Directed by Eugene Levy
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Actors John Candy, James Belushi, Cybill Shepherd, Sean Young, Ornella Muti, Richard Lewis
Rating57% 2.899672.899672.899672.899672.89967
The plot revolves around a series of couples in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Augie Morosco (John Candy) is a reformed gambler whose wife Elena Morosco (Ornella Muti) (playing a similar character to her role in Oscar) is concluding a business deal, Neil Schwary (James Belushi) is a gambler looking to strike it big and whose wife Marilyn Schwary (Cybill Shepherd) is hoping to buy some designer clothes. Julian Peters (Richard Lewis) and Phoebe (Sean Young) met each other in Rome and are attempting to return a dachshund to the wealthy Madam Van Dougan.
Father of the Bride, 1h45
Directed by Charles Shyer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about marriage
Actors Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Martin Short, Kieran Culkin, George Newbern
Rating64% 3.2496353.2496353.2496353.2496353.249635
George Banks (Steve Martin) is the owner of an athletic shoe company in San Marino, California, whose 22-year-old daughter, Annie (Kimberly Williams), returns from Europe, telling them she is engaged to Bryan MacKenzie (George Newbern), a man from an upper-class family from Bel-Air, despite them only having known each other for three months. The sudden shock turns the warm reunion into a heated argument between George and Annie, but they quickly reconcile in time for Bryan to arrive and meet them. Despite Bryan's good financial status and likeable demeanour, George takes an immediate dislike to him while his wife, Nina (Diane Keaton), accepts him as a potential son-in-law.
Baby Boom
Baby Boom (1987)
, 1h50
Directed by Charles Shyer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Diane Keaton, Harold Ramis, Sam Wanamaker, Sam Shepard, James Spader, John Philbin
Rating63% 3.150163.150163.150163.150163.15016
J.C. Wiatt (Diane Keaton) is a driven Manhattan career woman (nicknamed the "Tiger Lady") typical of the 1980s whose fast-paced life leaves her with no time for romance or relaxation (or as the narrator in the beginning puts it she works "5 to 9"), though she derives pleasure from her frantic schedule and demanding job. She works as a management consultant and lives with an investment banker (Harold Ramis), whose job and life are likewise hectic. Her life is thrown into turmoil when she inherits a toddler, Elizabeth (twins Kristina and Michelle Kennedy), from a deceased cousin whom she hadn't seen in over 30 years.