Tom Shadyac

Born 1958 · American film director

Thomas Peter Shadyac is an American film director, producer, and writer. The youngest joke-writer ever for comedian Bob Hope, Shadyac is widely known for writing and directing the comedy films Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), The Nutty Professor (1996), Liar Liar (1997), 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, that explores his abandonment of a materialistic lifestyle following his involvement in a bicycle accident three years earlier.

Tom Shadyac, in order

1. 1991 Frankenstein: The College Years (TV movie): directed
2. 1994 Ace Ventura: Pet Detective: directed, wrote · critics 48%, audiences 57% · streaming on Hulu, fuboTV, Philo
3. 1996 The Nutty Professor: directed, wrote
4. 1997 Liar Liar: directed · critics 82%, audiences 75% · streaming on Netflix
5. 1998 Patch Adams: directed
6. 2002 8 Simple Rules (TV series): directed
7. 2002 Dragonfly: directed, produced
8. 2003 Bruce Almighty: directed, produced · critics 48%, audiences 57%
9. 2006 Accepted: produced · directed by Steve Pink
10. 2007 Evan Almighty: directed, produced
11. 2007 I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry: produced · directed by Dennis Dugan · critics 15%, audiences 69% · streaming on Starz
12. 2010 I Am: directed, wrote
13. 2018 Brian Banks: directed