Rịba ama amaokwu a dị n'okpuru ma zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe e mesịrị n'otu asụsụ ahụ dị ka amaokwu ahụ:  Oge: A mụrụ Shaye na Detroit, Michigan, nwa Dorothy (née Katz), onye na-arụ ọrụ n'ụlọ, na Max Mendle Shaye, onye na-ese ihe na onye nwe ụlọ ahịa. Nwanne ya nwoke bụ onye isi ihe nkiri Robert Shaye. Ezinụlọ ya bụ ndị Juu; a mụrụ nne ya na Russia, nne na nna nna ya si Romania. Shaye mụrụ ime ihe nkiri na Mahadum Michigan tupu ọ kwaga New York ịpụta na mmepụta Off Broadway. N'afọ 1977, ọ kwagara Los Angeles ịga n'ihu ọrụ ya.  Ajụjụ: Ebee ka Shaye biri mgbe afọ 1977 gasịrị?
Los Angeles