---
name: "David Sheffield"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-sheffield"
fi1m_id: "david-sheffield"
imdb_id: "nm0790775"
tmdb_id: 57327
wikidata_id: "Q5239707"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 55
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-04T22:54:41.907581+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."
---

# David Sheffield

## Identity

David Sheffield

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-sheffield
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-sheffield
- **IMDb ID:** nm0790775
- **TMDB ID:** 57327
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5239707
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sheffield, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5239707, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0790775/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57327

Writer. Born 1 January 1948 in United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1948, United States
- **Active:** 1985–1992
- **Frequently works with:** [Barry W. Blaustein](https://film.one/person/barry-w-blaustein.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/David_Sheffield, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5239707, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0790775/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57327

## 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

David Sheffield is an American screenwriter and television writer. Born in 1948 in Mississippi, he grew up in Biloxi and graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1972.

He worked as a staff writer on *Saturday Night Live* from 1980 to 1983, where he collaborated with Barry W. Blaustein and contributed to sketches for Eddie Murphy. Their partnership continued in feature films, with screenplay credits including *Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment* (1985), *Coming to America* (1988), *Boomerang* (1992), *The Nutty Professor* (1996), *Nutty Professor II: The Klumps* (2000), *The Honeymooners* (2005) and *Coming 2 America* (2021).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, filmmississippi.org, usm.edu.*

## 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 (8)

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

- *Coming 2 America* (2021), Screenplay, Story
- *The Honeymooners* (2005), Writer
- *Nutty Professor II: The Klumps* (2000), as Man in Bathroom · Screenplay, Story
- *The Nutty Professor* (1996), Screenplay
- *Boomerang* (1992), Co-Producer, Screenplay — 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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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/david-sheffield