Don Rhymer

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.

Don Rhymer
Born	(1961-02-23)February 23, 1961 Union, South Carolina, U.S.
Died	November 28, 2012(2012-11-28) (aged 51) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	screenwriter, film producer
Years active	1989–2012

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

Filmography

Year	Name	Writer	Producer	Note
1989	McGee and Me!	Yes	No	1 episode as writer
1989	Coach	Yes	No	2 episodes as writer
1990	Bagdad Café	Yes	No
1991-93	Evening Shade	Yes	No	8 episodes
1992	Fish Police	Yes	Yes	Co-producer (6 episodes)
1993	Banner Times	Yes	No	Television film
1993-94	Hearts Afire	Yes	Yes	Co-executive producer and writer (4 episodes)
1995	Past the Bleacher	Yes	Yes	Television film
1996	Carpool	Yes	No
1997	Chicago Sons	Yes	No
1997	Under Wraps	Yes	Yes	Television film, executive producer
1997	Fired Up	Yes	No	1 episode as writer
1998	Caroline in the City	Yes	No	1 episode as writer
2000	Big Momma's House	Yes	No
2002	The Santa Clause 2	Yes	No
2004	Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London	Yes	No
2005	The Honeymooners	Yes	No
2006	Big Momma's House 2	Yes	No
2006	Deck The Halls	Yes	No
2007	Surf's Up	Yes	No
2011	Big Mommas: Like Father Like Son	Yes	No
2011	Rio	Yes	No
2014	Rio 2	Yes	No	Posthumous release; dedicated to his memory
2017	Ferdinand	Yes	No	Posthumous release