Lowell GanzNationality:
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08/31/1948 Birthplace:
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biography
Half of one of the most successful comedy screenwriting teams in Hollywood, Ganz is the writing partner of Babaloo Mandel, both of whom frequently have collaborated with producer-director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer. As a team their feature credits include "Night Shift" (1982), "Splash" (1984), "Gung Ho" (1986), "Parenthood" (1989) and "A League of Their Own" (1992). With Billy Crystal, Ganz and Mandel have collaborated on "City Slickers" (1991) and its inevitable sequel "City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold" (1994), "Mr. Saturday Night" (1992) and "Forget Paris" (1995).Ganz
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milestones
Year
Milestone
1970
First job as a staff writer on "The Odd Couple"; eventually became head writer
Met future writing partner Marc Mandel at Hollywood's Comedy Store in the early 1970s
Gave the nickname "Babaloo" to Mandel as an allusion to a character in Philip Roth's novel "Portnoy's Complaint"
Worked as a supervising producer on "Happy Days"
Co-created and produced "Laverne and Shirley"
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