Lowell Ganz

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Nationality: American
Birthdate: 08/31/1948
Birthplace: Glen Oaks, New York, USA

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).

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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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