I whanau a Shaye i Detroit, Michigan, te tamahine a Dorothy (née Katz), he wahine whare, me Max Mendle Shaye, he kaipeita me te rangatira o te hokomaha. Ko tana tuakana ko te kaiwhakahaere kiriata a Robert Shaye. He Hurai tona whanau; i whanau tana whaea i Russia, a ko ona tupuna tupuna no Romania. I ako a Shaye i te Whare Wananga o Michigan i mua i tana neke ki New York ki te puta i nga mahi Off Broadway. I te 1977, ka neke ia ki Los Angeles ki te whai i tana mahi kaiwhakaari. Pātai: I hea a Shaye i muri i te 1977?
Ko Los Angeles