Dennis Quaid was directed by Nancy Meyers.
Dennis Quaid . Some of his notable credits include Breaking Away , The Right Stuff , Wyatt Earp , The Rookie , The Day After Tomorrow , Traffic , Vantage Point , Footloose , Frequency , The Parent Trap , Yours , Mine & Ours and Soul Surfer . For his role in Far from Heaven ( 2002 ) he won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor and several other accolades . The Parent Trap is a 1998 family comedy film co-written and directed by Nancy Meyers , and produced and co-written by Charles Shyer .