Shyer also earned an Oscar nomination, alongside his filmmaker ex-wife Nancy Meyers and the late Harvey Miller, for their co-writing efforts on the 1983 war comedy ‘Private Benjamin’. Charles Shyer, the director of the 1991 Steve Martin-led comedy classic Father of the Bride and its 1993 Father of the Bride Part II sequel, has died at the age of 83.
“His loss leaves an unfillable hole in our lives, but his legacy lives on through his children and the five decades of wonderful work he’s left behind. We honor the extraordinary life he led and know there will never be another quite like him.”. No cause of death was provided.
In 1981, Shyer earned an Oscar nomination for his screenplay for Howard Zieff’s 1980 war comedy Private Benjamin, which he co-wrote with prolific filmmaker Nancy Meyers (The Holiday) and the late actor and director Harvey Miller. The same year of Private Benjamin’s release, Shyer married Meyers. The pair went on to collaborate on several other successful Eighties and Nineties comedy hits, including Meyer’s 1998 family comedy The Parent Trap, starring Lindsay Lohan as twins Annie and Hallie, who scheme to get their divorced parents back together.
The Disney classic would be Shyer’s and Meyers’ final film together, as they ended up getting divorced in 1999 after 19 years of marriage. Besides the Father of the Bride movie series, Shyer also directed the 1987 rom-com Baby Boom, starring Diane Keaton, the 1994 I Love Trouble remake, starring Julia Roberts and Nick Holte, as well as the 2004 rom-com Alfie, starring Jude Law.
