Andrew Bergman

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Andrew Bergman is an American screenwriter, film director, and novelist born in 1945. Bergman graduated from Binghamton University. He wrote the original screenplay for Mel Brooks' 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, and written and directed The Freshman, Honeymoon in Vegas and It Could Happen to You, also written and produced Striptease with Demi Moore. He has written four novels--"The Big Kiss-Off of 1944." "Hollywood and LeVine," "Tender Is LeVine," and "Sleepless Nights," as well the successful Broadway comedy "Social Security." Andrew Bergman lives in New York City with his wife and has two grown sons.