Lowell Ganz

Lowell Ganz (born August 31, 1948) is an American writer and producer. He is the long-time writing partner of Babaloo Mandel and has written for television, film, and theatre.

Ganz grew up in a Jewish family in

Ganz and Mandel went on to write several other films, four more of which were also directed by Howard, and one of which had Penny Marshall, who starred in Laverne and Shirley, as director. Four of their films have featured Billy Crystal, three have featured Michael Keaton, two have featured Tom Hanks, and two are about baseball. Ganz and Mandel are also widely used as Hollywood script doctors, known for their reliability and fast turnaround time.

Ganz lives in Los Angeles with his wife of more than 25 years. They have three children.

Screenwriting credits (in Collaboration with Babaloo Mandel)

• Night Shift (1982)
• Best Original Screenplay
• Spies Like Us (1985)
• Gung Ho (1986)
• Vibes (1988)
• Parenthood (1989)
• City Slickers (1991)
• Mr. Saturday Night (1992)
• A League of Their Own (1992)
• Greedy (1994)
• City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994)
• Forget Paris (1995)
• Multiplicity (1996)
• Edtv
  (1999)
• Where the Heart Is (2000)
• Robots (2005)
• Fever Pitch (2005) (adapted from the Nick Hornby book)
• Tooth Fairy (2010)