Andrew Bergman is an
American screenwriter,
film director, and
novelist. New York magazine in 1985 dubbed him "The Unknown King of Comedy".
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Born in 1945, Bergman graduated from
Binghamton University and earned a Ph.D. in American history from the
University of Wisconsin. His dissertation, a study of Depression-era Hollywood films, was published in 1971 by NYU Press under the title
We're In the Money: Depression America and Its Films. He wrote the original screenplay (titled
Tex X) that served as the basis for
Mel Brooks's classic
Blazing Saddles, and was among the co-writers who adapted it into its final state. Since then, he has written or co-written the cult classics
The In-Laws,
Fletch, and
Soapdish; written and directed
The Freshman,
Honeymoon in Vegas and
It Could Happen To You; written and produced
Striptease with
Demi Moore; and directed the
Jacqueline Susann biopic
Isn't She Great.
Bergman has written four novels:
The Big Kiss-Off of 1944,
Hollywood and LeVine,
Tender Is LeVine, and
Sleepless Nights. He also wrote the Broadway comedy,
Social Security.
In 2007, Bergman received the Ian McLellan Hunter Award for Lifetime Achievement in Writing from the
Writers Guild of America. He lives in
New York City with his wife and has two grown sons.
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