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Andrew Bergman

Highest Rated: 94% The Freshman (1990)

Lowest Rated: 13% Striptease (1996)

Birthday: Feb 20, 1945

Birthplace: Queens, New York, USA

Crowned "The Unknown King of Comedy" by NEW YORK magazine in 1985, this former publicist and aspiring academic entered film comedy writing at the very highest level. The 26-year-old Bergman, having penned a 90-page treatment about a black militant cowboy entitled "Tex X," found himself collaborating with Richard Pryor and Mel Brooks on what would become the screenplay of "Blazing Saddles" (1974). Bergman received the sole writing credit for "The In-Laws" (1979), a wacky hit starring Peter Falk and Alan Arkin. PREMIERE writer Andy Webster observed that the comedy writer's work on that project "established his metier: fast-paced farces depicting middlebrow protagonists trapped in extreme situations." Bergman scripted and made his directorial debut with "So Fine" (1981), a sometimes boldly silly Ryan O'Neal vehicle about a professor who conquers the garment industry with an idea for see-through jeans. Bergman's screenplay for Michael Ritchie's popular comic mystery "Fletch" (1985) provided a superior showcase for Chevy Chase. He again served as a writer-director with "The Freshman" (1990), an engaging and well-received comedy starring Marlon Brando and Matthew Broderick.

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Highest rated movies

94% 61% The Freshman
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89% 91% Blazing Saddles
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79% 81% Fletch
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73% 54% It Could Happen to You
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67% 31% So Fine
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64% 36% Honeymoon in Vegas
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37% 67% Undercover Blues
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36% 39% Oh God! You Devil
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35% 54% Little Big League
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32% 21% The Scout
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
24% 37% Isn't She Great Director $3.0M 2000
13% 24% Striptease Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer
$32.8M 1996
32% 21% The Scout Screenwriter $2.6M 1994
73% 54% It Could Happen to You Director $37.8M 1994
35% 54% Little Big League Executive Producer $12.1M 1994
37% 67% Undercover Blues Executive Producer $12.0M 1993
64% 36% Honeymoon in Vegas Director,
Writer
$33.5M 1992
94% 61% The Freshman Director,
Writer
$20.7M 1990
14% 25% Big Trouble Screenwriter - 1986
79% 81% Fletch Screenwriter - 1985
36% 39% Oh God! You Devil Screenwriter - 1984
67% 31% So Fine Director - 1981
89% 91% Blazing Saddles Writer,
Screenwriter
- 1974