Filmmaker also cowrote the Oscar-nominated Private Benjamin
Charles Shyer, director of Father of the Bride and Baby Boom and cowriter of the Oscar-nominated Private Benjamin, died Friday, as Variety reports. He was 83. The cause of death was not disclosed.
“It’s with an indescribably heavy heart that we share the news of our beloved father, Charles Shyer’s passing,” his family said in a statement to Deadline. “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.”
The Los Angeles-born and raised Shyer started his career working with Jerry Belson and Garry Marshall on the popular television sitcom, The Odd Couple, eventually becoming a head writer for…
