Big Fat Liar is a 2002 American teen comedy film directed by Shawn Levy, written and produced by Dan Schneider and Brian Robbins, and starring Frankie Muniz, Paul Giamatti, and Amanda Bynes. The main plot revolves around 14-year-old con artist, Jason Shepherd , whose creative writing assignment is stolen by arrogant Hollywood producer, Marty Wolf , who intends to use it to make the fictional film of the same name. Jason Shepherd , a 14-year old living in the fictional town of Greenbury, Michigan, is an incorrigible liar and a con artist. When his English teacher, Ms. Phyllis Caldwell ,... assigns her class a creative writing assignment, Jason does not complete it. His parents are later called into school, where Ms. Caldwell tells Jason that if he can't bring her a handwritten story to the community college by 6 p.m., she will not consider it a valid contribution.
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| Release date: | February 2, 2002 |
| Directed by: | Shawn Levy |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 88 Minutes |
| Producer: | Brian Robbins, Mike Tollin |
| Editor: | Stuart H. Pappé, Kimberly Ray |
| Music by: | Christophe Beck |
| Cinematography: | Jonathan Brown |
| Screenplay by: | Dan Schneider, Brian Robbins |
| Estimated budget: | $15,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy, Adventure |