---
name: "Jeff Buhai"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jeff-buhai"
fi1m_id: "jeff-buhai"
imdb_id: "nm0119542"
tmdb_id: 68034
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T18:51:41.421268+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."
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# Jeff Buhai

## Identity

Jeff Buhai

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jeff-buhai
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jeff-buhai
- **IMDb ID:** nm0119542
- **TMDB ID:** 68034
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0119542/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68034

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0119542/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68034

## Biography

Jeff Buhai is a screenwriter and producer. He studied journalism at the University of Missouri, graduating in 1969, and was a member of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity. He began his screenwriting career in collaboration with childhood friend Steve Zacharias.

Their first major success was the 1984 comedy *Revenge of the Nerds*, for which Buhai received story and screenplay credits. He later contributed characters and writing to sequels in the series, and wrote for other films including *The Whoopee Boys* (1986), *Johnny Be Good* (1988), *In the Army Now* (1994) and *Eddie* (1996). He has also worked as an executive producer on several projects.

*Sources: imdb.com, journalism.missouri.edu, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Revenge of the Nerds* (1984), Fi1m 38, Story, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/revenge-of-the-nerds.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *Eddie* (1996), Executive Producer, Screenplay, Story
- *In the Army Now* (1994), Story
- *Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love* (1994), Executive Producer, Writer, Characters
- *Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation* (1992), Executive Producer, Writer, Characters
- *Thanksgiving Day* (1990), Writer, Executive Producer
- *Johnny Be Good* (1988), Writer
- *Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise* (1987), Characters
- *The Whoopee Boys* (1986), Writer, Executive Producer
- *Last Resort* (1986), Writer
- *Revenge of the Nerds* (1984), Story, Screenplay — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/revenge-of-the-nerds.md)

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