Biography
Andrew Bergman is an American screenwriter, film director and novelist. He was born on 20 February 1945 in Queens, New York City. He graduated from Binghamton University and earned a PhD in American history from the University of Wisconsin–Madison; his dissertation was published in 1971 as We're in the Money: Depression America and Its Films.
Bergman wrote the original treatment for Blazing Saddles (1974) and co-wrote its screenplay. He wrote the screenplay for Fletch (1985). He also wrote The In-Laws (1979) and Soapdish (1991), and wrote and directed The Freshman (1990), Honeymoon in Vegas (1992), It Could Happen to You (1994) and Striptease (1996). He has written four novels featuring the character Jack LeVine and the Broadway play Social Security (1986). He is credited as Warren Bogle on Big Trouble (1986).
