Craig Shoemaker

Craig was born in Mount Airy and grew up in the Philadelphia area, He graduated from Springfield Township High School.[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/179810755/ Philadelphia Inquirer - July 2, 1998] He attended Temple University, financing his college years by working as a bartender and being an emcee for comedy shows. He also attended California University of Pennsylvania. Shoemaker received a Bachelor of Arts degree with majors in Radio, television and film.

"Shoe's" stage, film and TV acting credits are extensive and wide ranging. Recently, he co-starred as Bandit in the critically acclaimed movie, Middle Man. He had a recurring character named Wilson Gromling, the head of Pawnee's Liberty or Die Party, on NBC's Parks & Recreation, and a five episode run on The Bold & The Beautiful. He also played the snooty film professor in the horror sequel Scream 2. As a writer, Craig joined the writing staff for season two of the iconic sitcom reboot Fuller House. His best-selling book, LoveMaster'd A Digital Journey to Love & Happiness, has been critically acclaimed by the likes of Whoopi Goldberg and Dr. Drew Pinsky, inspiring readers worldwide in managing through personal difficulties.

In 2003, he founded LaughterHeals.org, a nonprofit group dedicated to using laughter as a healing modality. Previously, Shoemaker hosted a weekly podcast & webcast, "Laugh It Off," and currently tours the world speaking about the healing powers of laughter. Currently they are in preproduction on the documentary, Live 2 Laugh, with Shoemaker serving as producer and writer.

As a producer, Craig has been a creative force in several independent features and television shows. He wrote, produced and starred in the cult classic Totally Baked, and his movie The LoveMaster was honored at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival. Currently, Craig is producing a number of feature films with European partners, including the soon-to-be-released Working with Warhol and two projects currently in production, Breakfast with Charly and The Boogeyman Chronicles. He was hired as lead writer on the animated show, Bad Zoo, and along with animator David Feiss is developing two other cartoons, From The Crib and ChickenShip. He is also performing stand up with Bill Bellamy on their joint project, the "Make America Laugh Again Tour," and just started the production company Really Big Shoe Media, with a current slate of over 25 television and film projects in varying genres.

Shoemaker was first married to actress Nancy Allen in September 1992.[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/184475665/ Philadelphia Daily News - September 9, 1992] They divorced in 1995.[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/155447119/ Los Angeles Times - October 19, 1995] He next married actress Carolyn Ann Clark in February 1998.[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0163753/bio/ Carolyn Ann Clark - Biography - IMDb.] The couple had two sons, Justin (b. July 25, 1998) [https://www.facebook.com/craigshoemakerfanpage/posts/pfbid0v7XjEvXQ4GfwDMDyS5ogPUFCF7EXXxd3vj7Ma6LJ7nJVZbLXuHZjuD111hPyY6mgl craigshoemakerfanpage] and Jared (b. July 1, 2004),[https://x.com/thelovemaster/status/1278351249889320961 Craig Shoemaker - Twitter] though they divorced in 2005.

Craig married to Mika Sogawa, in Maui on June 21, 2008.[https://www.facebook.com/craigshoemakerfanpage/posts/pfbid0ftLbLL7DTS5p19jSC3g3UED8NbGBcpG8PnZ9f5dEGv61MWBwARWX64sZ2kUPv9FCl craigshoemakerfanpage] They had a son, Jackson Kai (b. September 8, 2009),[https://www.facebook.com/craigshoemakerfanpage/posts/pfbid0ycYxSSwL4AK7MGccGEp2xXUPpC33L2QeqonXNquTfAC7nav7CvghUXXYr6R5baY7l craigshoemakerfanpage] and a daughter, Chloe Akeila (b. January 14, 2014).[https://www.facebook.com/craigshoemakerfanpage/posts/pfbid0ijuDfaHYry7rXKcaukw2VgczemsM9nBa6gU4k9FS9GwKRJEqFaeXDs8G6Mwipcyxl craigshoemakerfanpage] They divorced in 2023.

On May 8, 2010, Craig received an honorary doctorate in Humanities/Humanistic Studies from California University of Pennsylvania.[https://www.passhe.edu/news/releases/10-4-20-Commencement.html Commencement programs scheduled at PASSHE universities - April 10, 2010]

• {{cite book |last1=Shoemaker |first1=Craig |last2=Kushner (illustrator) |first2=Sarah |last3=Novak |first3=Robert |last4=Bennett |first4=Marc |year=2002 |title=What You Have Now ... What Your Daddy Had Then |publisher=Bennett/Novak and Company, Inc. |ISBN=978-0971345409}}
• {{cite book |last1=Shoemaker |first1=Craig |last2=Kushner (illustrator) |first2=Sarah |year=2004 |title=What You Have Now ... What Your Mommy Had Then |publisher=Bennett/Novak and Company, Inc. |ISBN=978-0971345423}}
• {{cite book |last=Shoemaker |first=Craig |title=Lovemaster'd: A Digital Journey to Love and Happiness |publisher=FriesenPress |location=Victoria, BC |year=2014 |isbn=978-1-4602-4459-3}}

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• [http://www.laughterheals.org/ Laughter Heals charity]
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• [https://www.craigshoemaker.com/ CraigShoemaker.com]

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