Biography
Lowell Ganz is an American writer and producer. He is the long-time writing partner of Babaloo Mandel and has worked in television, film and theatre.
Ganz was born on 31 August 1948 in New York City. He began his career writing for sitcoms including The Odd Couple and Happy Days, and created the spin-offs Laverne & Shirley and Joanie Loves Chachi. With Mandel, he wrote the screenplays for Night Shift (1982), Splash (1984), Parenthood (1989), City Slickers (1991) and A League of Their Own (1992). Splash earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay.
Ganz and Mandel have frequently collaborated with director Ron Howard. They have also worked as script doctors and contributed to later projects including Robots (2005) and Fever Pitch (2005).
