---
name: "Jim Herzfeld"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jim-herzfeld"
fi1m_id: "jim-herzfeld"
imdb_id: "nm0381272"
tmdb_id: 10385
wikidata_id: "Q6195593"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T03:19:06.725597+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."
---

# Jim Herzfeld

## Identity

Jim Herzfeld

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jim-herzfeld
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jim-herzfeld
- **IMDb ID:** nm0381272
- **TMDB ID:** 10385
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6195593
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Herzfeld, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6195593, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0381272/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10385

Writer. Born 1 January 1953 in United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1953, United States
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Herzfeld, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6195593, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0381272/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10385

## Biography

Jim Herzfeld is an American screenwriter and television producer. He graduated from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in 1984.

His earliest television credit was on *It's Garry Shandling's Show* in 1986, after which he wrote and produced on sitcoms including *Married... with Children*. His first feature film credit was the story for *Tapeheads* (1988).

Herzfeld wrote the screenplay for *Meet the Parents* (2000) and the story and screenplay for *Meet the Fockers* (2004). He also wrote *Meet the Deedles* (1998) and the teleplay for *The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story* (1998), and contributed to the canceled Circle 7 Animation version of *Toy Story 3*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Meet the Parents* (2000), Fi1m 78, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/meet-the-parents.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *Meet the Fockers* (2004), Screenplay, Story
- *Meet the Parents* (2000), Screenplay — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/meet-the-parents.md)
- *The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story* (1998), Screenplay
- *Meet the Deedles* (1998), Writer
- *Tapeheads* (1988), Story

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