The movie "Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo" (1999) was directed by Mike Mitchell and written by Harris Goldberg and Rob Schneider, with Adam Sandler serving as executive producer through his company Happy Madison Productions. Its sequel, "Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo" (2005), was directed by Mike Bigelow, with a screenplay co-written by Rob Schneider, David Garrett, and Jason Ward.