Marc Hyman is an American screenwriter. His writing credits include Universal's Meet the Fockers , [1] Paramount's The Perfect Score , Warner Bros.'s Osmosis Jones , and Open Road Films' Show Dogs . He has served as a script doctor for more than 40 produced films.
Hyman began his career writing for television series, All That , Sweet Valley High and the short-lived Fox sit-com, Lush Life . He then moved to features writing Warner Bros. live-action/animated Osmosis Jones [2] Hyman later developed the film's spin-off Ozzy & Drix .
Hyman worked with Jay Roach to develop Meet the Fockers which was, in 2005, the highest-grossing comedy of all time.
In addition to Hyman's credited work, he has rewritten scripts for films including DreamWorks Animation's How to Train Your Dragon, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted , Penguins of Madagascar , and cult hits like Freddy Got Fingered and Disney's Bubble Boy . Over his career, Hyman has contributed comedy to dozens of movies including, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story , Freaky Friday , Monsters vs. Aliens and Shrek . He has collaborated on original scripts with actors; Keanu Reeves, Mike Myers, Ice Cube and others. In television, Hyman has written pilots for ABC, Fox, CBS and FX including vehicles for Kelsey Grammer, Matthew McConaughey (both for the FX Network) and with Julia Roberts for ABC. [3]
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The 25th Stinkers Bad Movie Awards were released by the Hastings Bad Cinema Society in 2003 to honour the worst films the film industry had to offer in 2002. Pinocchio received the most nominations with nine. All nominees and winners, with respective percentages of votes for each category, are listed below. Dishonourable mentions are also featured for Worst Picture.
The 24th Stinkers Bad Movie Awards were released by the Hastings Bad Cinema Society in 2002 to honour the worst films the film industry had to offer in 2001. Freddy Got Fingered received the most nominations with seven. All nominees and winners, with respective percentages of votes for each category, are listed below. Dishonourable mentions are also featured for Worst Picture.
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