From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Frank Coraci born February 3 1966 is an American film director and screenwriter best known for his work with Adam Sandler Coraci was born in Shirley New York Coraci graduated from New York Universitys Tisch School of the Arts in 1988 He has directed three of Sandlers hit films The Wedding Singer The Waterboy and Click as well as several of Sandlers music videos He makes an appearance as the title character in Sandlers video for The Lonesome Kicker A graduate from William Floyd HS 1984 Coraci also directed the Jackie Chan film Around the World in 80 Days which compared to his Adam Sandlerstarring hits was known for being a major box office failure earning only US24 million at the US box office against a US110 million budget Coracis next film will be The Zookeeper a romantic comedy starting Kevin James in the lead role and Rosario Dawson Its scheduled for a 2011 release date Coraci was on the varsity wrestling team for all four years of his time at William Floyd High School His family owned a hardware store liquor store and real estate office in the Shirley and Mastic Beach area Description above from the Wikipedia article Frank Coraci licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia