I wasn't the kind of kid like Spielberg or Lucas who knew to go to film school. I didn't know at 12 what I was going to do; it took me until I was about 23.
Nancy Jane Meyers (b. December 8, 1949 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) is an a film director, writer and producer best known for comedy movies.
Meyers' career in film started mostly as a screenwriter throughout the 80s on films like Father of the Bride (1991) before debuting as a director. Her breakout (wo-)manning the camera also happened to be likely her most enduring success, the 1998 remake of The Parent Trap (1998) starring Lindsay Lohan.
Since her debut Meyers has and remains one of the most popular female directors working in Hollywood.
She was once married to fellow director, writer and producer Charles Shyer. Their children, Annie Meyers-Shyer and Hallie Meyers-Shyer, are actresses.
Filmogrpahy:
- The Parent Trap (1998)
- What Women Want (2000)
- Something's Gotta Give (2003)
- The Holiday (2006)
- It's Complicated (2009)
- The Intern (2015)
Her works provide examples of:
- Big Fancy House: Always with special emphasis on the kitchen.
- Production Posse:
- Production designer Jon Hutman is a regular collaborator.
- Since the 1998 remake of The Parent Trap Meyers has worked with 3 composers:
- Alan Silvestri on the The Parent Trap and What Women Want (1998-2000).
- Hans Zimmer on Something's Gotta Give, The Holiday and It's Complicated (2003-9).
- Theodore Shapiro most recently on The Intern (2015).
- Back in the 1970s, she worked as a production assistant for game show creator Jay Wolpert, then a producer on The Price Is Right. She cast him in a cameo as the doctor in Father of the Bride Part II and later encouraged him to get into screenwriting (which led him to write the 2002 adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl).
