Movies by Tom Shadyac
As part of the cast:
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I Am (2011)
Cast: Marc Ian Barasch, Coleman Barks, Noam Chomsky …
Directed by: Tom Shadyac
Hollywood comedy director Tom Shadyac (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective) gets contemplative in this documentary, which finds him conversing with prominent philosophers and spiritual leaders about…
As a director:
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I Am (2011)
Cast: Marc Ian Barasch, Coleman Barks, Noam Chomsky …
Directed by: Tom Shadyac
Hollywood comedy director Tom Shadyac (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective) gets contemplative in this documentary, which finds him conversing with prominent philosophers and spiritual leaders about…
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Evan Almighty (2006)
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Steve Carell, Lauren Graham …
Directed by: Tom Shadyac
In this follow-up to the 2003 comedy Bruce Almighty, God summons narcissistic newscaster-turned-congressman Evan to build an ark in preparation for a devastating flood. Meanwhile, Evan's…
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Bruce Almighty (2003)
Cast: Steven Carell, Jim Carrey, Morgan Freeman …
Directed by: Tom Shadyac
Bruce Nolan (Jim Carrey) toils as a "human interest" television reporter in Buffalo, N.Y. Despite his high ratings and the love of his beautiful girlfriend, Grace (Jennifer Aniston), Bruce…
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Dragonfly (2002)
Cast: Kevin Costner, Susanna Thompson, Kathy Bates …
Directed by: Tom Shadyac
After his wife is killed while performing relief work in Central America, a doctor's patients begin delivering messages from her from the afterlife. On a quest to determine what his lost…
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Patch Adams (1998)
Cast: Robin Williams, Daniel London, Monica Potter …
Directed by: Tom Shadyac
After spending time in a mental institution, Hunter "Patch" Adams decides to become a doctor, based on his lighthearted hypothesis that introducing patients to humor will significantly…
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Liar Liar (1997)
Cast: Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney, Justin Cooper …
Directed by: Tom Shadyac
Lawyer Fletcher Reede's (Jim Carrey) mendacious ways destroyed his marriage and alienated his son, Max (Justin Cooper). But when Max makes a birthday wish that magically comes true,…
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The Nutty Professor (1996)
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett Smith, James Coburn …
Directed by: Tom Shadyac
A 1990s spin on a classic, director Tom Shadyac's Oscar-nominated comedy follows portly professor Sherman Klump (Eddie Murphy, who plays seven characters in the film) as he bumbles…
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Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
Cast: Jim Carrey, Courteney Cox, Sean Young …
Directed by: Tom Shadyac
Barely competent pet private eye Ace Ventura (Jim Carrey) is put on the case when kidnappers abduct Snowflake, the Miami Dolphins' mascot. As Ventura tries to unravel the mammal-napping…