Oscar-Nominated Writer-Director Charles Shyer Dies: ‘Private Benjamin’, ‘Father Of The Bride’ Filmmaker Was 83
deadline.comOscar-nominated screenwriter, director and producer Charles Shyer, whose films include Private Benjamin, Baby Boom and the 1991 remake of Father of the Bride and its 1995 sequel, died Friday.
No cause of death was given. He was 83. The Meyers-Shyer family shared this statement with Deadline: “It’s with an indescribably heavy heart that we share the news of our beloved father, Charles Shyer’s passing.
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.” Shyer’s Oscar nomination, as well as a WGA Award win, came for the original screenplay for 1980’s comedy hit Private Benjamin starring Goldie Hawn, which he co-wrote with Nancy Meyers and Harvey Miller.
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