Charles Shyer, 'Father of the Bride' director, dies at 83

[ad_1] Charles Shyer, an Oscar-nominated author, director and producer whose credit embody “Father of the Bride,” “Non-public Benjamin” and different celebrated comedies, has died.

After a quick sickness, Shyer died Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Middle in Los Angeles, based on the Hollywood Reporter. He was 83.

“It’s with an indescribably heavy coronary heart that we share the information of our beloved father Charles Shyer’s passing,” Shyer’s household informed Deadline in a press release. “His loss leaves an unfillable gap in our lives, however his legacy lives on via his kids and the 5 a long time of fantastic work he’s left behind. We honor the extraordinary life he led and know there'll by no means be one other fairly like him.”

L.A.-born Shyer was the son of pioneer filmmaker Melville Shyer, a founding member of the Administrators Guild of America.

After attending UCLA, the youthful Shyer landed in DGA’s apprentice program however quickly pivoted to writing. He acquired his begin as a scribe for sitcoms, together with “The Odd Couple” and “The Partridge Household,” earlier than breaking into films with the 1977 blockbuster “Smokey and the Bandit.”

Shyer’s breakthrough arrived three years later as co-writer for “Non-public Benjamin,” teaming up with Harvey Miller and Nancy Meyers, who he married the identical yr.

The 1980 movie starring Goldie Hawn scored the trio an Oscar nomination, and Shyer and Meyers went on to collaborate on a number of in style comedies corresponding to “Child Increase,” “Irreconcilable Variations” and “Father of the Bride,” a remake of the 1950 traditional.

Shyer and Meyers collaborated on the screenplay for “The Guardian Lure,” the 1998 hit that includes Lindsay Lohan in her big-screen debut, which Meyers directed. The couple cut up the next yr.

Meyers on Saturday posted a black-and-white picture of Shyer and her taking a look at one another and smiling on Instagram.

Lohan replied to the put up with an emoji of a breaking coronary heart.

Shyer and Meyers had two daughters, Annie and writer-director Hallie Meyers-Shyer. Shyer can be survived by Jacob and Sophia Shyer, twins from a subsequent marriage that led to divorce.

Meyers-Shyer, who made her filmmaking debut in 2017 with rom-com “Residence Once more,” posted a photograph of her late father on her Instagram story together with the caption “A whole authentic.”