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New York City, NY

RECENT CREDITS

Fever Pitch (FILM) Apr. 8, 2005

Robots (FILM) Mar. 11, 2005

A League of Their Own (FILM) Jul. 11, 2003

Where the Heart Is (FILM) Apr. 28, 2000

EDtv (FILM) Mar. 26, 1999

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BIOGRAPHY

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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.

~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

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Steve Martin to Return as Clouseau

Jan. 17, 2007

Steve Martin is set to return to the big screen as bumbling French cop Inspector Clouseau--thanks to top comedy screenwriters Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel.

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