Don Rhymer (February 23, 1961 – November 28, 2012) was an American screenwriter and film producer. He wrote movies such as Big Momma's House, The Santa Clause 2, Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London, The Honeymooners, Deck the Halls, and Surf's Up.
Career Rhymer also enjoyed a successful TV career, and wrote and produced episodes of shows such as Coach, Evening Shade, Hearts Afire, Caroline in the City, Chicago Sons, and Fired Up.
In addition, he wrote the telefilms Banner Times, Past the Bleachers, and Under Wraps.
He co-wrote the film Rio for Blue Sky Studios and wrote the script for the sequel, released in April 2014.
Death During production of Rio in 2009, Rhymer was diagnosed with head and neck cancer, but continued to do screenwriting. He died from complications of the disease on November 28, 2012, at 51 years old. Rio 2 was dedicated to his memory.
Filmography Television YearTitleWriterProducerNotes1989McGee and Me!1 episode1989Coach2 episodes1990Bagdad Café1991-93Evening Shade8 episodes1992Fish Police6 episodes1993-94Hearts Afire4 episodes1997Chicago Sons1997Fired Up1 episode1998Caroline in the City1 episode
TV movies YearTitleWriterProducer1993Banner Times1995Past the Bleacher1997Under Wraps
Feature film writer Carpool (1996) Big Momma's House (2000) The Santa Clause 2 (2002) Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004) The Honeymooners (2005) Big Momma's House 2 (2006) Deck The Halls (2006) Surf's Up (2007) Big Mommas: Like Father Like Son (2011) Rio (2011) Rio 2 (2014) (Posthumous release) Ferdinand (2017) (Posthumous release)
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