---
name: "Herschel Weingrod"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/herschel-weingrod"
fi1m_id: "herschel-weingrod"
imdb_id: "nm0918339"
tmdb_id: 14710
wikidata_id: "Q1614535"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "30 October 1947"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T21:15:59.120345+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."
---

# Herschel Weingrod

## Identity

Herschel Weingrod

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/herschel-weingrod
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** herschel-weingrod
- **IMDb ID:** nm0918339
- **TMDB ID:** 14710
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1614535
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschel_Weingrod, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1614535, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0918339/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14710

Writer. Born 30 October 1947 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 30 October 1947, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
- **Active:** 1983–1996
- **Also known as:** Herschel Alan Weingrod
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 writing, 1 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Timothy Harris](https://film.one/person/timothy-harris.md), [Ivan Reitman](https://film.one/person/ivan-reitman.md), [Arnold Schwarzenegger](https://film.one/person/arnold-schwarzenegger.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 72 (2), 1990s 68 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 59 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $509m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschel_Weingrod, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1614535, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0918339/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14710

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Trading Places*](https://film.one/film/trading-places.md) (80)
- **Apple TV:** [*Kindergarten Cop*](https://film.one/film/kindergarten-cop.md) (65)

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

## Biography

Herschel Alan Weingrod is an American screenwriter and producer. Born on 30 October 1947 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he studied European history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and graduated from the London Film School. Early in his career he formed a long-term writing and producing partnership with Timothy Harris, and they co-founded Weingrod/Harris Productions.

Weingrod’s screenwriting credits, many written with Harris, include *Trading Places* (1983), *Brewster’s Millions* (1985), *Twins* (1988), *My Stepmother Is an Alien* (1988), *Kindergarten Cop* (1990), *Pure Luck* (1991) and *Space Jam* (1996). He also produced the 1993 film *Falling Down* and later worked on *The Final Season* (2007) and *Kindergarten Cop 2* (2016).

*Sources: encyclopedia.com, wikiwand.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Wrote (3) — the average rests on these

- *Kindergarten Cop* (1990), Fi1m 65, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/kindergarten-cop.md)
- *Twins* (1988), Fi1m 64, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/twins.md)
- *Trading Places* (1983), Fi1m 80, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/trading-places.md)

### Produced (1)

- *Falling Down* (1993), Fi1m 71, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/falling-down.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *Space Jam: A New Legacy* (2021), Original Film Writer
- *Re-Making Millions* (2020), Thanks
- *Space Jam* (1996), Writer
- *Tollbooth* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Falling Down* (1993), Producer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/falling-down.md)
- *Pure Luck* (1991), Writer
- *Kindergarten Cop* (1990), Screenplay — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/kindergarten-cop.md)
- *Twins* (1988), Screenplay — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/twins.md)
- *My Stepmother Is an Alien* (1988), Writer
- *Brewster's Millions* (1985), Screenplay
- *Trading Places* (1983), Writer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/trading-places.md)
- *Cheaper to Keep Her* (1981), Writer

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