Andrew Bergman

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Andrew Bergman 20 February 1945 is an American screenwriter film director and novelist New York magazine in 1985 dubbed him The Unknown King of Comedy He graduated from Binghamton University and earned a PhD in American history from the University of Wisconsin His dissertation a study of Depressionera Hollywood films was published in 1971 by NYU Press under the title Were In the Money Depression America and Its Films He wrote James Cagney The Pictorial Treasury of Film Stars He wrote the original screenplay titled Tex X that served as the basis for Mel Brookss classic Blazing Saddles and was among the cowriters who adapted it into its final state Since then he has written or cowritten the cult classics The InLaws 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 Isnt She Great Bergman has written four novels The Big KissOff of 1944 Hollywood and LeVine Tender Is LeVine and Sleepless Nights He also wrote the Broadway comedy Social Security and Working Title The Andrew Bergman History Writing Prize is awarded by University of Wisconsin He lives in New York City with his wife He has two grown sons Description above from the Wikipedia article Andrew Bergman licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia