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'''Tom Shadyac''' (born [[December 11]], [[1958]] in [[Falls Church, Virginia]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[comedian]], [[film producer|producer]], [[film director|director]] and [[writer]]. He is mostly famous for his partnership with the comedian actor [[Jim Carrey]].
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1958|12|11}}
| birth_place = [[Falls Church, Virginia]], U.S.
| alma_mater = [[University of Virginia]]
| occupation = Film director, producer, author
| yearsactive = 1984–present
| birth_name = Thomas Peter Shadyac
| notable_works = ''[[Ace Ventura: Pet Detective]]''<br>''[[The Nutty Professor (1996 film)|The Nutty Professor]]''<br>''[[Liar Liar]]''<br>''[[Patch Adams (film)|Patch Adams]]''<br>''[[Bruce Almighty]]''<br>''[[I Am (2010 American documentary film)|I Am]]''
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'''Thomas Peter Shadyac''' (born December 11, 1958) is an American film director, producer, and 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]]'' (1994), ''[[The Nutty Professor (1996 film)|The Nutty Professor]]'' (1996), ''[[Liar Liar]]'' (1997), ''[[Patch Adams (film)|Patch Adams]]'' (1998), and ''[[Bruce Almighty]]'' (2003). 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=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-03-12-ca-37254-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"/>
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.
 
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}}
He graduated from UVA in 1981 and later from [[UCLA Film School]].
 
As a pre-law student at the [[University of Virginia]], Shadyac produced a poster entitled "Are You a Preppie?" Borrowing from the style of ''[[National Lampoon (magazine)|National Lampoon]]'' magazine, and based on the large number of preppies in [[Charlottesville]] and nearby [[Richmond, Virginia]], the poster preceded the more well-known ''[[The Official Preppy Handbook]]''. The poster went into multiple printings and served as a fundraiser for his fraternity, [[Sigma Chi]].<ref name="uva">{{cite web| title = 1979: Preppie Profiler| publisher = Virginia Magazine, Fall 2009| url = http://uvamagazine.org/articles/1980_preppie_profiler}}</ref>
 
Shadyac graduated from UVA in 1981, and later received his master's degree in film from the [[UCLA Film School]] in 1989, after completing the critically acclaimed short film ''Tom, Dick and Harry''.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}
 
==Career==
===Filmmaking===
Shadyac had a brief stint at acting, appearing in an episode of [[Magnum PI]] and in the 1987 film, ''Jocks''.
Shadyac moved to Los Angeles in 1983 and, at age 24, was Bob Hope's staff joke writer. Shadyac briefly acted during the 1980s, appearing in an episode of ''[[Magnum, P.I.]]'' and in the 1987 film ''[[Jocks (film)|Jocks]]''. He then worked on movies-of-the-week, rewritten and directed for [[20th Century Fox]].{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}
 
''Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'' was Shadyac's first major film and featured an up-and-coming [[Jim Carrey]], described by Shadyac as "the only white guy in [[In Living Color|''Living Color'']]." Following ''Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'', Shadyac attained a prominent status in [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] and received frequent offers from significant figures in the comedy industry, keen to collaborate with him.<ref name="You"/> He frequently cast Carrey in lead roles and his hit films with Carrey include ''Bruce Almighty'' and ''Liar Liar''.
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 (1996 film)|The Nutty Professor]]'' movie series. He produced ''[[Patch Adams]]'' starring [[Robin Williams]] and ''[[Dragonfly (movie)|Dragonfly]]'' with [[Kevin Costner]]. He was also the [[executive producer]] to the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] TV series "[[8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter]]." He is currently involved in the promotion of the film called ''[[Evan Almighty]]'', a sequel to ''Bruce Almighty''. In October 2006, at a Virginia Film Festival event<ref>[http://www.thehook.net/2006/10/30/shadyac-shows-off-two-minutes-of-evan/ Shadyac concedes cost]</ref>, he conceded that ''[[Evan Almighty]]'' probably will become the most expensive comedy ever made.
 
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>
Shadyac is also currently a professor at Pepperdine University teaching a screenwriting course.
 
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===
In 2013 Shadyac published a book entitled ''Life's Operating Manual'' and appeared on HBO's live broadcast show ''[[Real Time with Bill Maher]]'' as part of the promotional campaign.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tom Shadyac and Bill Maher talk about Money and Cooperation|url=http://vimeo.com/68392444|work=Bright Geist on Vimeo|publisher=Vimeo LLC|access-date=April 10, 2014|format=Video upload|date=July 2013}}</ref> The book was published by Hay House on April 30, 2013<ref name="New"/> and in his review for the ''New York Journal of Books'', Martin A. David states:
<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>
 
===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"/>
 
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.]]
 
==Personal life==
Shadyac was married to Jennifer Barker in 1997.<ref name=FilmReference/> They eventually divorced.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
Shadyac has stated that he is a [[Christian]].
 
In 2007, Shadyac suffered [[post-concussion syndrome]] after a bicycle accident in Virginia,<ref name=TheGuardian>{{cite news| title = Tom Shadyac: the hit movie director who turned a camera on the Hollywood world he gave up|newspaper = [[The Guardian]]|author=Paul Harris| url = https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jan/16/tom-shadyac-hollywood-movies-film|___location=London| date=January 16, 2011}}</ref> and experienced a prolonged period of acute headaches and hyper-sensitivity to light and sound. The injury followed the cumulative effects of previous mild head injuries Shadyac had suffered from surfing, mountain biking, and playing basketball.<ref name=Observer/> Shadyac was forced to sleep in a darkened closet in his house due to a constant [[tinnitus|ringing in his ears]] that lasted beyond a six-month period, and his treating doctors were unable to determine if and when the ringing would cease. Shadyac later explained: "I felt suicidal at points. It was a disaster."<ref name="James">{{cite web|title=What Happens When You Give Away 50 Million Dollars and Move Into a Trailer Park?|url=http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=ca6ae38471d227b05e07a47e9&id=71e0ffcf6d&e=ba2c3c84e7|work=James Altucher|access-date=April 10, 2014|author=James Altucher|date=April 9, 2014}}</ref>
 
Following his eventual recovery from the 2007 accident, Shadyac sold the bulk of his possessions, donated significant amounts of money,<ref name="James"/> opened a homeless shelter in [[Charlottesville, Virginia]],<ref name="usatoday"/> and made a key donation to an initiative in [[Telluride, Colorado]] to set aside a natural area at the town's entrance. He sold his {{convert|17000|ft2|adj=on}} Los Angeles mansion<ref name=Observer/> and moved into the exclusive Paradise Cove [[trailer park]] in [[Malibu, California]].<ref name="vanity">{{cite web| title = Bohemian Cove| publisher = Vanity Fair, Vanessa Grigoriadis, March 2011| url = http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/features/2011/03/paradise-cove-201103?currentPage=1| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121015033417/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/features/2011/03/paradise-cove-201103?currentPage=1| archive-date = October 15, 2012| df = mdy-all}}</ref> Shadyac sought to reorient and simplify his life; he removed himself from the film industry and wrote about his experience in ''Life's Operating Manual''.<ref name="James"/> When he was later asked if his change of direction would have occurred if he had not experienced the concussion, Shadyac replied:
 
<blockquote>I was already reevaluating the dissonance between making all this money and being on the set with people, the crew, many of whom couldn't afford the basic needs of their families. It didn't seem fair to me. So I don't think the concussion did it although it was definitely a crisis and crisis will often trigger things like this. I didn't give up everything to be happy. In fact, I'm not even sure what happiness is. Happiness comes from the word "happenstance" which relates to things going on outside of you. What was happening to me was definitely on the inside. But after I gave up everything I felt a lot more joy in my life. A lot more contentment. There's nothing wrong, though, with making a lot of money ... this is not a judgment on anyone at all. I was just taking in a lot more than I needed and this wasn't good for me.<ref name="James"/></blockquote>
 
His father, Richard C. Shadyac Sr., a Washington, D.C. attorney, was a longtime friend of comedian, actor and TV producer [[Danny Thomas]], a fellow Lebanese-American. Thomas's charity and lifelong efforts were aimed at the founding and development of [[St. Jude Children's Research Hospital]] in Memphis, Tennessee. Richard C. Shadyac Sr. served as the CEO of St. Jude's fundraising arm, American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities (ALSAC), from 1992 to 2005, and died in September 2009 in McLean, Virginia.<ref>{{cite web|title=Richard Shadyac, retired fundraising leader for St. Jude, dies|url=http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/sep/17/fundraising-leader-st-jude-dies/|work=The Commercial Appeal|publisher=Scripps Interactive Newspapers Group|access-date=April 10, 2014|author=Jody Callahan|date=September 17, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413155055/http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/sep/17/fundraising-leader-st-jude-dies/|archive-date=April 13, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?pid=133015181 |title= Richard Shadyac obituary |newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref> His brother, Richard C. Shadyac Jr., worked as an attorney in the Washington area for 27 years and had joined the board of ALSAC in 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stjude.org/directory/s/richard-c-shadyac.html |title=Richard C. Shadyac Jr. President & Chief Executive Officer, ALSAC}}</ref> In September 2009 Richard C. Shadyac Jr. was appointed president and chief executive officer of ALSAC in Memphis.
 
After filming ''I Am'', Shadyac moved to Memphis, where he continued philanthropic work but tried to continue with moviemaking projects.<ref name=LAT>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2019-08-07/brian-banks-innocence-project-tom-shadyac-ace-ventura|title=No one would hire Hollywood's top comedy director. An exonerated football star changed that|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=August 8, 2019 |first=John |last=Horn|access-date=August 9, 2019}}</ref> He lamented during production of ''Brian Banks'':
 
<blockquote>"I've been trying to get a gig for about 10 years. I can't tell you how many jobs I applied for where they just didn't hire me. I had left the private club, and the private club didn't want me back in."<ref name=LAT/></blockquote>
 
Shadyac is an outspoken [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], and stated in a 2013 interview that he equates the concept of "God" with "mystery source."<ref name="You"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-08-07 |title=‘Brian Banks’ director reflects on handling hardships with faith |url=https://angelusnews.com/arts-culture/brian-banks-director-reflects-on-handling-hardships-with-faith/ |access-date=2025-07-22 |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! width="65"| Director
! width="65"| Producer
! width="65"| Writer
! Notes
|-
|1991
|''Frankenstein: The College Years''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|TV movie
|-
|1994
|''[[Ace Ventura: Pet Detective]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|Co-written with Jack Bernstein and [[Jim Carrey]]
|-
|1996
|''[[The Nutty Professor (1996 film)|The Nutty Professor]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
|1997
|''[[Liar Liar]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|-
|1998
|''[[Patch Adams (film)|Patch Adams]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes|executive}}
|{{no}}
|
|-
|2002
|''[[Dragonfly (2002 film)|Dragonfly]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|
|-
|2003
|''[[Bruce Almighty]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|
|-
|2007
|''[[Evan Almighty]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|
|-
|2010
|''[[I Am (2010 American documentary film)|I Am]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|Documentary
|-
|2018
|''[[Brian Banks (film)|Brian Banks]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|}
 
'''Executive producer'''
{{colbegin|colwidth=22em}}
* ''[[Nutty Professor II: The Klumps]]'' (2000)
* ''Finding Kind'' (2010) (Documentary)
* ''[[Happy (2011 film)|Happy]]'' (2011) (Documentary)
{{colend}}
'''Producer'''
{{colbegin|colwidth=22em}}
* ''[[Accepted (film)|Accepted]]'' (2006)
* ''[[I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry]]'' (2007)
{{colend}}
 
===Acting roles===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1984
|''[[Magnum, P.I.]]''
|Danny (Student)
|TV show
|-
|1987
|''[[Jocks (film)|Jocks]]''
|Chris
|
|-
|2010
|''[[I Am (2010 American documentary film)|I Am]]''
|Himself
|
|-
|2012
|''Full Scale''
|Nate
|
|-
|}
 
==Accolades==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Subject
! Result
|-
|[[Cleveland International Film Festival]]
|Best American Independent Feature Film
|''[[Brian Banks (film)|Brian Banks]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Golden Raspberry Awards|Golden Raspberry Award]]
|[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture|Worst Picture]]
|''[[I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Humanitas Prize]]
|Documentaries – Special Awards Category
|''[[I Am (2010 American documentary film)|I Am]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|[[LA Film Festival]]
|Audience Award for Best Fiction Feature
|''Brian Banks''
|{{won}}
|-
|[[New Media Film Festival]]
|Grand Prize
|''I Am''
|{{won}}
|-
|}
 
==References==
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==External links==
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*[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 }}
*[http://www.christianitytoday.com/movies/commentaries/fof_shadyac.html From ''Ace'' to the ''Almighty''] ''Christianity Today'' Movies article - [http://www.ericdavid.info/default.asp?id=70&newsaction=newsdetail&articleid=73 Be the Miracle] extended version
 
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