Biographie

Ex-son-in-law of Irving Meyers and Patricia Meyers.

Resides in Los Angeles.

2 children with Deborah Lynn-Shyer (divorced): Jacob and Sophia Shyer, both born on April 21 2006.

In 1979, Shyer teamed up with Nancy Meyers and Harvey Miller to write and produce Private Benjamin, starring Goldie Hawn in the Oscar-nominated lead role of Pvt. Judy Benjamin. Contrary to the conventional wisdom at the time, that a female lead with no male star was box office poison, this story of a pampered young woman who joins the Army was a box office success. Receiving positive reviews from critics and ranking number one at the box office its opening weekend, Private Benjamin went on to gross nearly $70 million within the US and over $100 million worldwide.

Although he and second wife, Nancy Meyers, were together since 1976, they did not marry until 1995.