---
name: "Barry W. Blaustein"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/barry-w-blaustein"
fi1m_id: "barry-w-blaustein"
imdb_id: "nm0087904"
tmdb_id: 57328
wikidata_id: "Q16240716"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "10 September 1954"
died: "12 May 2026"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 55
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-04T22:54:41.901569+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Barry W. Blaustein

## Identity

Barry W. Blaustein

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/barry-w-blaustein
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** barry-w-blaustein
- **IMDb ID:** nm0087904
- **TMDB ID:** 57328
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16240716
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_W._Blaustein, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16240716, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0087904/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57328

Writer. Born 10 September 1954 in Long Island, New York, USA. Died 12 May 2026.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 10 September 1954, Long Island, New York, USA
- **Died:** 12 May 2026
- **Active:** 1985–1992
- **Also known as:** Barry Blaustein
- **Frequently works with:** [David Sheffield](https://film.one/person/david-sheffield.md), [Eddie Murphy](https://film.one/person/eddie-murphy.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 55, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 53 (3), 1990s 60 (1)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Crime 2, Romance 2
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $583m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_W._Blaustein, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16240716, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0087904/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57328

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Coming to America*](https://film.one/film/coming-to-america.md) (76)
- **Apple TV:** [*Boomerang*](https://film.one/film/boomerang.md) (60)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Barry W. Blaustein was an American comedy writer and screenwriter. He wrote for *Saturday Night Live* from 1980 to 1983, working with David Sheffield and contributing to sketches featuring Eddie Murphy.

With Sheffield, he wrote the screenplays for *Coming to America* (1988), *Boomerang* (1992), *The Nutty Professor* (1996) and *Coming 2 America* (2021). He also directed the documentary *Beyond the Mat* (1999) and taught screenwriting at Chapman University.

Blaustein was born on 10 September 1954 in Long Island, New York, and died on 12 May 2026 in Los Angeles.

*Sources: hollywoodreporter.com, en.wikipedia.org, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Boomerang* (1992), Fi1m 60, Screenplay, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/boomerang.md)
- *Coming to America* (1988), Fi1m 76, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/coming-to-america.md)
- *Police Academy 3: Back in Training* (1986), Fi1m 42, Characters — [page](https://film.one/film/police-academy-3-back-in-training.md)
- *Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment* (1985), Fi1m 42, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/police-academy-2-their-first-assignment.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *GCW The Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame* (2023), as Barry Blaustein
- *Coming 2 America* (2021), Screenplay, Story
- *Peep World* (2010), Director
- *Guys 'N Divas: Battle of the High School Musicals* (2009), Director, Writer
- *The Ringer* (2005), Director
- *The Honeymooners* (2005), Writer
- *Nutty Professor II: The Klumps* (2000), as Man in Bathroom · Screenplay, Story
- *Beyond the Mat* (1999), Narrator, Director, Producer, Writer
- *The Nutty Professor* (1996), Screenplay
- *Boomerang* (1992), Screenplay, Co-Producer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/boomerang.md)
- *Coming to America* (1988), Screenplay — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/coming-to-america.md)
- *Police Academy 3: Back in Training* (1986), Characters — Fi1m 42, [page](https://film.one/film/police-academy-3-back-in-training.md)
- *Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment* (1985), Writer — Fi1m 42, [page](https://film.one/film/police-academy-2-their-first-assignment.md)

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