Randi Mayem Singer is an American screenwriter, producer and showrunner best known for writing the screenplay to the

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blockbuster comedy '' Mrs. Doubtfire'' starring

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and

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Professional career

Randi Mayem Singer earned her undergraduate degree in political science at the

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, Berkeley, before pursuing a career in broadcast journalism. Before selling her first script, Singer worked as a news reporter for KMEL San Francisco and as a news anchor for LA radio stations

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and KFI, using the pseudonym Randi Allison. While working at KFI, Singer took a screenwriting course at UCLA and began her first screenplay, a quirky romantic comedy called ''A 22¢ Romance''. That script won the inaugural UCLA Diane Thomas Screenwriting Award in 1987, a competition judged by such Hollywood luminaries as

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, James L. Brooks,

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, and

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. ''A 22¢ Romance'' sold in a bidding war to

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, and, although the script has never been produced, it was listed in the Los Angeles Times' “'The Best' Still On Paper” article in 1992. Due to the buzz from that script, Twentieth Century Fox tapped Singer to write the screen adaptation of children's novel '' Alias Madame Doubtfire'' by Anne Fine. Released in 1993, '' Mrs. Doubtfire'' grossed $441 million worldwide, earned an Academy Award for Best Makeup,

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, and placed 67th in the American Film Institute's list of the 100 funniest movies of the last century, AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs. Randi Mayem Singer continues to work in both television and film. Other credits include creating and executive producing the sitcom '' Hudson Street'' (1995), creating and executive producing the comedic drama TV series '' Jack & Jill'' (1999–2001) for

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, and co-writing the Fox comedy the 2010 film ''

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'', starring

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and

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. Singer is currently writing Disney's upcoming fantasy/comedy ''Wish List'', set to star

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with

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directing, as well as the movie version of ''

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'' for Sony Pictures. Singer also frequently works as an uncredited “script doctor,” reworking and polishing movie scripts prior to production. She has taught screenwriting for UCLA's graduate screenwriting program and has guest lectured at USC's School of Cinematic Arts, Writers Boot Camp and AFI.

Screenwriting credits

Films

* '' Mrs. Doubtfire'' (1993) * ''

'' (2010) * '' Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip'' (2015)

Television

* '' Hudson Street'' (1995–1996) * '' Jack & Jill'' (1999–2001) * '' Why Women Kill'' (2019) * ''

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'' (2019)

References

External links

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Diane Thomas Screenwriting AwardsNews about upcoming CW ProjectThe Seven Fires of Mademoiselle
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