Fred Wolf (writer)

Fred Wolf (born November 7, 1964 in New York City) is an American film director, screenwriter, television writer, and former stand-up comedian.

Career

Wolf began his career performing stand-up in Los Angeles in the 1980s, and landed his first major television role as co-host (with Paul Provenza) on the Comedy Central variety series Comics Only in the early 1990s. In 1992, Wolf joined the writing staff of Saturday Night Live and also served for several years as head writer up until 1996.^[1] In 1995, he joined the SNL cast as a featured player, before leaving the show in October 1996. Since leaving SNL, he has collaborated with many of his former SNL co-workers, writing and directing films for SNL stars such as Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, Norm Macdonald, David Spade, and Rob Schneider.

Director

• Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser (2015)
• The House Bunny (2008)
• Strange Wilderness (2008)

Writer

'*' denotes appearance as actor

• Grown Ups 2 (2013)
• Grown Ups (2010)
• Strange Wilderness (2008)
• I Want Candy (2007)
• Without a Paddle (2004)
• Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star* (2003)
• Joe Dirt* (2001)
• Dirty Work* (1998)
• Saturday Night Live* (1992-1996)
• Black Sheep* (1996)
• Tommy Boy (1995) (script rewrite - uncredited)
• The Chevy Chase Show (1993)
• 1993 MTV Movie Awards (1993)
• The Pat Sajak Show (1989-1990)

References

External links

• Fred Wolf at the Internet Movie Database