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Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Executive Producer Biography:A onetime actor/comedian long rumored to have been the youngest writer to ever work for comedy legend Bob Hope, producer and director Tom Shadyac got his start on the standup circuit before his directorial career was launched into the stratosphere with the 1994 Jim Carrey comedy Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. In the years that followed, Shadyac would establish himself as one of the most prolific comedy directors in Hollywood while working with some of the biggest names in the business.
A Virginia native who made the journey westward in the early '80s and quickly earned a solid reputation as a joke writer, Shadyac tried his hand at acting while attending UCLA, with a small role in the 1987 sports comedy Jocks and a bit part on Magnum, P.I. serving as early career highlights. It wasn't long before the increasingly prolific funnyman was looking to expand his skills, and in 1991 it was time to try his... Full Biography
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