Known For
Complete Filmography

Mr. Saturday Night
2022
Writer
Billy Crystal stars—again—as Buddy Young, Jr. in this entertaining musical about an outrageous and outspoken comedian who has one last shot at reclaim...

The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
2020
as Self
In a heartfelt tribute to Hollywood legend Garry Marshall, his family and friends share their favorite memories of the creative genius behind some of ...

Tooth Fairy
2010
Screenplay
When minor-league hockey player Derek Thompson -- who has a penchant for knocking out his opponents' teeth every time he plays -- disillusions a fan, ...

The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriters Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel
2006
as Himself
Few screenwriters can concentrate for more than a few hours, let alone sustain a career in Hollywood for over 30 years. But the blockbuster comedy wri...

The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'
2006
Thanks
A look back at the impact Billy Wilder's comedy classic "Some Like It Hot" has left since it's release in 1959.

The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'
2006
Thanks
A look back at the making of Billy Wilder's 1959 comedy classic "Some Like It Hot."

Fever Pitch
2005
Screenplay
When Ben Wrightman, a young teacher, begins dating pretty businesswoman Lindsey Meeks, the two don't seem to have a lot of the same interests, but the...

Robots
2005
as Mr. Gasket (voice)
Rodney Copperbottom is a young robot inventor who dreams of making the world a better place, until the evil Ratchet takes over Bigweld Industries. Now...

Robots
2005
Screenplay
Rodney Copperbottom is a young robot inventor who dreams of making the world a better place, until the evil Ratchet takes over Bigweld Industries. Now...

Making a 'Splash'
2004
as Self - Screenwriter
Retrospective documentary on the making of the hit comedy Splash (1984).

Where the Heart Is
2000
Screenplay
Novalee Nation is a 17-year-old Tennessee transient who has to grow up in a hurry when she's left pregnant and abandoned by her boyfriend on a roadsid...

EDtv
1999
Screenplay
Video store clerk Ed agrees to have his life filmed by a camera crew for a tv network.

Fathers' Day
1997
Screenplay
A woman cons two old boyfriends into searching for her runaway son by convincing both that they are the boy's father.

Multiplicity
1996
Screenplay
Construction worker Doug Kinney finds that the pressures of his working life, combined with his duties to his wife Laura and daughter Jennifer leaves ...

Forget Paris
1995
Screenplay
Mickey Gordon is a basketball referee who travels to France to bury his father. Ellen Andrews is an American living in Paris who works for the airline...

City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
1994
Screenplay
Mitch Robbins' 40th birthday begins quite well until he returns home and finds his brother Glen, the black sheep of the family, in his sofa. Neverthel...

Greedy
1994
as TV Director
Meet the McTeagues. They've come to stake a claim in their wealthy uncle's will… only he's not dead yet!

Greedy
1994
Writer
Meet the McTeagues. They've come to stake a claim in their wealthy uncle's will… only he's not dead yet!

Mr. Saturday Night
1992
as Writer #1
Buddy Young was the comic's comic, beloved by everyone. Now, playing to miniscule crowds in nursing homes, it seems like everybody but Buddy realizes ...

Mr. Saturday Night
1992
Writer, Executive Producer
Buddy Young was the comic's comic, beloved by everyone. Now, playing to miniscule crowds in nursing homes, it seems like everybody but Buddy realizes ...

A League of Their Own
1992
Screenplay
As America's stock of athletic young men is depleted during World War II, a professional all-female baseball league springs up in the Midwest, funded ...

City Slickers
1991
Screenplay
Three New York businessmen decide to take a "Wild West" vacation that turns out not to be the relaxing vacation they had envisioned.

Parenthood
1989
as Stan
The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, ...

Parenthood
1989
Screenplay, Story
The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, ...

Vibes
1988
Story, Screenplay
Medium Sylvia Pickel and psychometrist Nick Deezy meet at a psychic research facility in New York. Not long after, they're contacted by Harry Buscafus...

Channel 99
1988
Writer
Executive returns to her hometown to try to revive the local TV station which is struggling in the ratings.

Gung Ho
1986
Screenplay, Story, Associate Producer
When a western Pennsylvania auto plant is acquired by a Japanese company, brokering auto worker Hunt Stevenson faces the tricky challenge of mediating...

Spies Like Us
1985
Screenplay
Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for nuclear war.

Splash
1984
as Stan, the Tour Guide
A successful businessman falls in love with the girl of his dreams. There's one big complication though; he's fallen hook, line and sinker for a merma...

Splash
1984
Screenplay
A successful businessman falls in love with the girl of his dreams. There's one big complication though; he's fallen hook, line and sinker for a merma...

Herndon
1983
Writer
A high-school nerd goes to his 10-year class reunion.

Night Shift
1982
Writer
A nebbish of a morgue attendant gets shunted back to the night shift where he is shackled with an obnoxious neophyte partner who dreams of the "one gr...
The Further Adventures of Wally Brown
1980
Executive Producer, Director
1980 TV pilot

America 2100
1979
Writer
Two everyday schlubs are inadvertently frozen for 120 years, awakening to a wacky future run by a robot named MAX. Pilot episode for unproduced series...
The Lovebirds
1979
Writer
The Wexelblatts and the Burleys are two newly young married couples, who were all friends from Warren Harding High School, now trying to adjust to mar...