Nancy Jane Meyers was born on the 8th December 1949, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA, and is a film director, producer and screenwriter, who is probably best recognized for being a part of several big-screen successes such as “The Parent Trap” (1998), “What Women Want” (2000), “Something’s Gotta Give” (2003), “It’s Complicated” (2009) and “The Intern” (2015). She is also known for being one of the first and most successful female directors in the world. Her career has been active since 1980.
So, have you ever wondered how rich Nancy Meyers is, as of early 2017? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Nancy counts the total size of her net worth at the amount of $10 million, which has mostly been accumulated through her career in the film industry.
Nancy Meyers Net Worth $10 Million
Nancy Meyers is the daughter of Patricia Meyers, who was an interior designer, and Irving Meyers, who worked as an executive at a voting machines manufacturer. She was brought up with her older sister in a Jewish family in the Drexel Hill area. When she was only 12 years old, Nancy became interested in acting and theater after reading “Act One”, a playwright of Moss Hart’s autobiography, so she began to perform in various local stage productions. She went to Lower Merion High School in Lower Merion, Pennsylvania, after which she enrolled at the American University in Washington, D.C., graduating with a BA degree in Journalism in 1972.
Right after college, Nancy was hired at public television in Philadelphia; however, she moved to Los Angeles, and went on to work as a Production Assistant on the TV game show “The Price Is Right”, on the CBS channel. When she decided that she wanted to be a writer, she got a job as a story editor where she had the chance to work with screenwriters on various projects in the film industry. After a couple of years, she took film-making classes where she connected with famous directors such as Martin Scorsese, and eventually started writing her own scripts.
Thus, Nancy’s professional script-writing career officially began in 1980, when she created a script alongside Charles Shyer and Harvey Miller for the comedy “Private Benjamin”, which she also produced. The film gained enormous success and since then her career has only gone upwards as well as her net worth. In 1984, she wrote screenplays for “Irreconcilable Differences”, starring such actors as Ryan O’Neal, Shelley Long, and Drew Barrymore, and another film entitled “Protocol”, directed by Herbert Ross. Three years later, she also created and produced the film “Baby Boom”, all of which added a considerable amount to her net worth.
In the next decade, Nancy continued to line up success after success, as she wrote film scripts and produced such titles as “Father Of The Bride” (1991), and its sequel “Father Of The Bride Part II” in 1995, and “I Love Trouble” (1994). Furthermore, in 1998, Nancy made her directorial debut with the film “The Parent Trap”, which was followed with another success “What Women Want” (2000), adding a lot to her net worth.
The new millennium didn’t change too much for Nancy, as she produced, directed and wrote many memorable films such as “Something’s Gotta Give” (2003), “The Holiday” (2006) and “It’s Complicated” (2009), plus collaborated with a number of film icons including Mel Gibson, Jack Nicholson, Cameron Diaz, Meryl Streep among many others. Most recently, Nancy directed, wrote and produced “The Intern” (2015) and served as a producer on her daughter’s directorial debut “Home Again” which is scheduled for a release in 2017. Her net worth is certainly rising.
Thanks to her successful career, Nancy was nominated and won several prestigious awards, including the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay for “Private Benjamin”, which was also nominated for Oscar. The film “It’s Complicated” was nominated for Golden Globe for Best Screenplay – Motion Picture. Also, she won Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award and Woman of the Year Award. In addition to this, “What Women Want” took in $183 million at the US box-office alone, at that stage the most commercially successful film directed by a woman.
Regarding her personal life, Nancy Meyers was married to her colleague Charles Shyer (1980-1999), with whom she has two daughters. Her current residence is in Brentwood, California.
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