David Sheffield
David Sheffield | |
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| Born | 1948 (age 77–78) Mississippi, U.S. |
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David Sheffield (born 1948) is an American comedy writer best known for his writing on Saturday Night Live (SNL) and the screenplays for Coming to America (1988), Coming 2 America (2021), and The Nutty Professor (1996) all written in collaboration with Barry W. Blaustein, and starring Eddie Murphy.[1][2]
Writing credits
[edit]- Saturday Night Live (1980-1983) (TV)
- Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
- Coming to America (1988)
- What's Alan Watching? (1989) (TV)
- Boomerang (1992)
- The Nutty Professor (with Tom Shadyac and Steve Oedekerk) (1996)
- The Gelfin (1999) (unproduced)[3]
- Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (with Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz (screenplay), Steve Oedekerk (story)) (2000)
- The Honeymooners (with Danny Jacobson and Don Rhymer) (2005)
- Coming 2 America (with Kenya Barris) (2021)
References
[edit]- ↑ The New York Times[link removed]
- ↑ "The New York Times". Movies & TV Dept. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-03-22. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
- ↑ Laski, Beth (July 10, 1995). "FARLEY TO JOIN IMAGINE'S 'GELFIN'". Variety. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
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