David Sheffield
American screenwriter

David Sheffield

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American screenwriter
Gender:
Male
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United States of America
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Film, TV, Stage & RadioLiterature
Birth:
1948(United States of America, USA)
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David Sheffield (born 1948) is an American comedy writer best known for his writing on Saturday Night Live and the screenplays for Coming to America and The Nutty Professor all written in collaboration with Barry W. Blaustein.

Writing credits

  • 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)
  • Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)
  • The Honeymooners (2005)
  • Coming 2 America (2020)