Biography
Leo Benvenuti is an American screenwriter, also credited as Leonard William Benvenuti. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he met writing partner Steve Rudnick in 1978 while studying comedy at The Players Workshop of Second City. The pair began as performers before focusing on writing in the early 1990s.
Benvenuti and Rudnick wrote the screenplay for the Disney comedy The Santa Clause (1994). They also contributed to the screenplay for the sports fantasy Space Jam (1996). Their other film credits include the story for The Santa Clause 2 (2002) and writing Kicking & Screaming (2005). On television they created and produced the sitcoms The Second Half (1993) and Damon (1998).
