Babaloo Mandel

Highest Rated: 92% Night Shift (1982)

Lowest Rated: 9% Pure Luck (1991)

Birthday: Oct 13, 1949

Birthplace: Not Available

Mark "Babaloo" Mandel and his partner Lowell Ganz are responsible for writing some of the most popular comedies in contemporary American cinema. They met in a Hollywood comedy club where Mandel worked as a gag writer. Ganz was also working as a writer on the TV comedy The Odd Couple. They found they had a lot in common: both were from New York, and both idolized Billy Wilder. It was Ganz who suggested they team up to write for popular television sitcoms such as Laverne and Shirley; it was Laverne, actress Penny Marshall, who later directed one of their most popular hits, A League of Their Own (1992). They made their feature film debut with the black comedy Night Shift (1982). The stories they tell, such as the Oscar-nominated Splash (1984), are easily recognizable for their strong narrative structure and full bodied characterizations. Mandel is also notable as being a master of hardhitting punchlines.

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
No Score Yet	Bob: The Musical	Screenwriter	—	2016
17%	The Tooth Fairy	Screenwriter	$58.6M	2010
12%	Pink Panther 2	Screenwriter	$36M	2009
No Score Yet	The Dialogue: Learning From the Masters - Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel	Actor	—	2006
65%	Fever Pitch	Screenwriter	$42M	2005
64%	Robots	Screenwriter	$128.2M	2005
35%	Where the Heart Is	Screenwriter	—	2000
64%	EDtv	Screenwriter	—	1999
25%	Fathers' Day	Screenwriter	—	1997
43%	Multiplicity	Screenwriter	—	1996
50%	Forget Paris	Screenwriter	—	1995
17%	City Slickers 2 - The Legend of Curly's Gold	Screenwriter	—	1994
32%	Greedy	Screenwriter	—	1994
58%	Mr. Saturday Night	2nd Writer Screenwriter Executive Producer	—	1992
80%	A League of Their Own	Screenwriter	—	1992
91%	City Slickers	Screenwriter	—	1991
9%	Pure Luck	Screenwriter	—	1991
91%	Parenthood	Screenwriter	—	1989
14%	Vibes	Screenwriter	—	1988
50%	The Money Pit	Screenwriter	—	1986
33%	Gung Ho	Screenwriter	—	1986
32%	Spies Like Us	Screenwriter	—	1985
91%	Splash	Screenwriter	—	1984
92%	Night Shift	Screenwriter	—	1982