Director Nancy Meyers (1949)

The Intern (2015) is a buddy comedy-drama film from American director, writer, and producer Nancy Meyers. At 70 years old, Ben Whittaker is a widower who has retired from his role as an executive at DEX One. However, he finds retirement to be too mundane and applies for the new position of senior intern at About The Fit – an e-commerce fashion startup located in Brooklyn. Despite initial doubts from CEO Jules Ostin, Ben impresses his colleagues with his amiable personality and wise insights on life and work. One day, he takes it upon himself to organize Jules’s messy desk which she had complained about, ...

It’s Complicated (2009) is an American romantic comedy written and directed by Nancy Meyers. The film follows Jane, a successful bakery owner in Santa Barbara, California, and Jake Adler, an accomplished attorney who have been divorced for a decade. The former couple shares three children – two girls and a boy. With their youngest child off to college, Jane is left feeling lonely. Meanwhile, Jake has remarried Agness, the much younger woman he had an affair with during his marriage to Jane. While attending their son Luke’s graduation in New York City, Jane and Jake reconnect over drinks and share ...

The Holiday (2006) is an American romantic comedy film written, produced and directed by Nancy Meyers. Iris Simpkins, a society columnist for the Daily Telegraph in London, is hopelessly in love with her ex-boyfriend, Jasper Bloom; despite his infidelity and current relationship, he has maintained a close friendship with Iris. However, when he reveals his engagement at their company’s Christmas party, Iris is heartbroken. Meanwhile, Amanda Woods, owner of a Los Angeles film trailer company, ends things with her cheating composer boyfriend Ethan due to her own emotional unavailability. By chance, Amanda stumbles ...

Something’s Gotta Give (2003) is an American romantic comedy-drama film written, produced and directed by Nancy Meyers. The story follows Harry Sanborn, a wealthy New York record company owner whose preference for dating younger women is put to the test when he meets Marin Klein. As they head to her mother’s beach house in the Hamptons, little do they know that they will be joined by Erica Barry, a playwright and Marin’s mother, as well as Erica’s sister Zoe. After an awkward dinner, things take a turn for the worse when Harry suffers a heart attack during foreplay with Marin and is rushed to the ...

What Women Want (2000) is an American romantic fantasy comedy film directed by Nancy Meyers, and featuring the talents of Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt. Nick Marshall, a Chicago advertising executive, was raised by his mother, a showgirl in Las Vegas. Surrounded by beautiful women who treated him as their cherished mascot, and with rough casino men as his guides, Nick grew up to become a skilled chauvinist who excels at selling products to men and wooing women. When his boss at Sloane Curtis unexpectedly hires top competitor ...

The romantic comedy, The Parent Trap (1998), marks the directorial debut of Nancy Meyers. Nick Parker and Elizabeth James meet on a cruise in 1986 and quickly fall in love. They get married and have twin daughters, Hallie and Annie. Unfortunately, their marriage ends shortly after the twins are born. As a result, Nick raises Hallie on his vineyard in Napa, California while Elizabeth resides in London, where she works as a wedding gown designer and raises Annie. Eleven years later, the twins end up at the same summer camp where they develop a strong rivalry. After pulling a dangerous prank with her friends on ...