Biography
Randi Mayem Singer is an American screenwriter, producer and showrunner. She is best known for writing the screenplay for the 1993 comedy film Mrs. Doubtfire, directed by Chris Columbus and starring Robin Williams.
She studied political science at the University of California, Berkeley. Before entering screenwriting, she worked as a radio news reporter for KMEL in San Francisco and as a news anchor for Los Angeles stations including KRLA, KRTH and KFI, using the name Randi Allison. She later took a screenwriting course at UCLA.
Her other film credits include the screenplay for Tooth Fairy (2010) and writing Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015). In television, she created and executive produced the series Hudson Street (1995) and Jack & Jill (1999–2001), and wrote episodes of Why Women Kill (2019). She has also taught screenwriting at UCLA.
