Charles Shyer, Oscar nominated co-writer of 'Private Benjamin' and director of 'Father Of The Bride I and II' , 'Baby Boom' and others has died.

Charles Shyer, director of Father of the Bride and Baby Boom and cowriter of the Oscar-nominated Private Benjamin, died Friday, as Variety reports. He was 83. The cause of death was not disclosed. "It's with an indescribably heavy heart that we share the news of our beloved father,

Shyer earned an Oscar nomination, alongside his filmmaker ex-wife Nancy Meyers and the late Harvey Miller, for their co-writing efforts on the 1983 war comedy ‘Private Benjamin’