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Article: Nancy Meyers.(THE HONOREES)(Brief article)
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- Daily Variety
- Article date:
- June 14, 2007
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If Nancy Meyers weren't so down to earth, her motto could be "It's good to be queen." Slowly but surely, she has emerged as the sole female big-studio director with a consistent track record of hits.
Behind the camera she's batting 1.000: Three of her four helming efforts --"What Women Want," "Something's Got to Give" and "The Holiday"--have each surpassed $200 million worldwide. And her first, "The Parent Trap," topped $66 million domestic and made a star out of a then-cuddly tween named Lindsay Lohan.
But there were speed bumps along the way. During her days as a writer-producer on "Private Benjamin" (1980), Meyers recalls that "in my contract it ...