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Thomas Peter "Tom" Shadyac (born December 11, 1958) is an American comedian, director, screenwriter, producer, author and occasional film actor. Shadyac, who was the youngest joke-writer ever for comedian Bob Hope,〔 is widely known for writing and directing comedy films, most notably ''Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'', ''The Nutty Professor'', ''Liar Liar'', ''Bruce Almighty''. In 2011 he departed from past comedic work to write, direct and narrate the documentary ''I Am'', in which he explores his abandonment of a materialistic lifestyle following a 2007 bicycle accident. Shadyac is a former adjunct professor of communication at Pepperdine University's Seaver College.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Pepperdine Magazine, Apr 8, 2011, Sarah Fisher )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Pepperdine Graphic, Apr 23, 2014, Tom Shadyac )〕 In 2011 he was a participant in the Conference on World Affairs.〔("Tom Shadyac" ). Conference on World Affairs, University of Colorado Boulder, 2011. Retrieved May 21, 2015.〕 In 2015, Shadyac began teaching film at the University of Colorado Boulder, beginning with that year's Spring semester,〔Casey, Michael J. (February 19, 2015). ("Shadyac's Travels" ). ''Boulder Weekly''〕 Shadyac now teaches film at the University of Memphis.〔Cannon, Joshua (March 6, 2015). ("Director's class creates community in Memphis" ). ''USA Today''.〕 ==Early life== Shadyac was born in Falls Church, Virginia to Julie and Richard Shadyac, a lawyer.〔(Tom Shadyac Biography (1958?-) )〕 His mother was of Lebanese descent, while his father was of half-Irish and half-Lebanese ancestry. His mother, who died of cancer in 1998, had become semi-quadriplegic and spent much of Shadyac's adult life in a wheelchair.〔 Shadyac attended J. E. B. Stuart High School in Falls Church, where he had played basketball, participated in the Key Club, and made the Junior National and National Honor Societies. In both 1975 and 1976, Shadyac was included in the now-defunct "Who's Who Among High School Students" website and book, prior to his graduation in 1976. As a pre-law student at the University of Virginia, Shadyac produced a poster entitled "Are You a Preppie?" Borrowing from the style of ''National Lampoon'' magazine, and based on the large number of preppies in Charlottesville and nearby Richmond, Virginia, the poster preceded the more well-known ''The Official Preppy Handbook''. The poster went into multiple printings and served as a fundraiser for his fraternity, Sigma Chi. He graduated from UVA in 1981, and later received his master's degree in film from the UCLA Film School in 1989, after completing the critically acclaimed short film ''Tom, Dick and Harry''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tom Shadyac」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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