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He married Denise Madelyn (nee Horn) in 1974. [1] . They have six children, including a set of triplets. [4] The Online Archive of California has the Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel Collection of material related to their writing careers. [3] Partial filmography. Night Shift (1982) Splash (1984) Spies Like Us (1985) Gung Ho (1986) Vibes (1988)
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Screenwriter, television writer, and television producer Babaloo Mandel (born October 13, 1949) served as a story consultant in 29 episodes of Happy Days; he also wrote four episodes of the series, as well as two episodes of Laverne & Shirley. He is the long-time writing partner of Lowell Ganz. He and Ganz have co-penned numerous high-profile movie...
born in New York City, the son of a taxi driver. He attended the New York Institute of Technology before leaving for Hollywood in 1972.
There he met Ganz. It was Ganz who gave him the nickname "Babaloo", after the character Babaloo Mandel in Philip Roth's novel Portnoy's Complaint. Mandel and Ganz were featured in The Dialouge interview series. In the 90-minute interview with producer Mike DeLuca, they discussed their 40-year partnership as it evolved from television to feature films.
Both men worked on the television series Happy Days, Mandel as a creative consultant, Ganz as supervising producer. As a result of that connection, they were offered their first big break - the movie Night Shift - by series star Ron Howard and his friend, producer Brian Grazer. Howard directed Nightshift, and it was Grazer's first feature film as producer. The writing duo later reteamed with Howard on Splash, for which Mandel, Ganz and Bruce Jay Friedman won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay. Mandel, Ganz, Friedman and Grazer were also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen.
The pair also wrote for the television series Laverne & Shirley. They were the screenwriters for the 1992 sports movie A League of Their Own, directed by "Laverne" (Penny Marshall).
He married Denise Madelyn (Horn) in 1974. They have six children, including a set of triplets.
The Online Archive of California has the Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel Collection of material related to their writing careers.
1.The Dialogue: Learning From the Masters - Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel (2006). Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved on August 23, 2017.
2.Reed, J. D.. "Mr. Saturday Night's Writers: Funny All Week", People (.com) magazine, October 19, 1992. Retrieved on 2013-10-01.
3.Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel Collection. Online Archive of California.
4.RAZZIE® Nominees & "Winners". razzies.com.
Original name, Mark Mandel; born October 13, 1949, in New York, NY; father, ataxi driver; married Denise Horn, 1974; children: Joshua, Jesse, Jason, Jake, Jamie, Julie. Addresses: Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212-1825. Nationality American Gender Male Occupation Writer, producer, actor Birth Details
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Jul 1, 2022 · In honor of A League of Their Own ‘s 30th anniversary, we spoke with screenwriters Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel — who also wrote City Slickers, Splash, Parenthood, Spies Like Us ...
He is the husband of Denise Madelyn Horn, who is also his partner in screenwriting. The couple got married in the year 1974 and has six children. Three of them are triplets. He completed his education from the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) in the year 1972.
In the 90-minute interview with producer Mike DeLuca, Ganz and Mandel discuss their 40-year partnership as it evolved from television to feature films. Personal life With his wife, Denise Madelyn (Horn), whom he married in 1974, he has six children, including a set of triplets.
He married Denise Madelyn (nee Horn) in 1974. They have six children, including a set of triplets. The Online Archive of California has the Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel Collection of material related to their writing careers. Partial filmography. Night Shift (1982) Splash (1984) Spies Like Us (1985) Gung Ho (1986) Vibes (1988) Parenthood (1989)
