Nancy Meyers

**Nancy Jane Meyers** (born December 8, 1949) is a prominent American filmmaker who has penned, produced, and directed several acclaimed and commercially successful films. Best known for garnering an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay for *Private Benjamin* (1980), she has had a significant impact on the film industry. Her film *Baby Boom* (1987) earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy. Throughout her career, she has co-written films such as *Father of the Bride* series, and written and directed popular films like *The Parent Trap* (1998), *What Women Want* (2000), *Something's Gotta Give* (2003), *The Holiday* (2006), *It's Complicated* (2009), and *The Intern* (2015). Meyers was married to filmmaker Charles Shyer and they had two children together, including filmmaker Hallie Meyers-Shyer. She was born in Philadelphia, to Irving Meyers, an executive of a voting machines manufacturer, and Patricia Meyers, an interior designer. Meyers was raised in a Jewish household and became interested in theater at 12. She was influenced by Mike Nichols' film *The Graduate* in 1967 and chose to pursue a career in screenwriting. One of the unique aspects of Meyers' work is her meticulous attention to aesthetic details. Often featuring affluent and successful women as protagonists, her films cast a critical view on their male counterparts from the women's perspective.