Shaye akaberekerwa muDetroit, Michigan, mwanasikana waDorothy (akaberekerwa Katz), amai vemba, uye Max Mendle Shaye, mupendi uye muridzi wesupamaketi. Mukoma wake ndiye mutungamiri wemufirimu Robert Shaye. Mhuri yake ndeyechiJudha; amai vake vakaberekerwa muRussia, uye sekuru nasekuru vake vaibva kuRomania. Shaye akadzidza kuita paYunivhesiti yeMichigan asati atamira kuNew York kuti aoneke muOff Broadway zvigadzirwa. Muna 1977, akatamira kuLos Angeles kuti aite basa rake rekuita. Mubvunzo: Shaye aigara kupi mushure me1977?
Los Angeles