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name: "Paul Rudnick"
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roles: ["Screenwriter"]
born: "29 December 1957"
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updated: "2026-09-17T00:57:42.888052+00:00"
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# Paul Rudnick

Screenwriter. Born 29 December 1957 in Piscataway, New Jersey, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Screenwriter
- **Born:** 29 December 1957, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
- **Also known as:** Joseph Howard

## Biography

Paul Rudnick is an American playwright, screenwriter and novelist. He was born on 29 December 1957 in Piscataway, New Jersey, and graduated from Yale University. He began his career writing novels and plays, including *I Hate Hamlet* (1991) and *Jeffrey* (1993).

Rudnick wrote the screenplay for the film *Addams Family Values* (1993). His other screen credits include *Sister Act* (1992, as Joseph Howard), *In & Out* (1997) and *The Stepford Wives* (2004). He has also written film criticism for *Premiere* magazine under the pseudonym Libby Gelman-Waxner.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Addams Family Values* (1993), Fi1m 78, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/addams-family-values.md)

## Also known for

- *Sister Act* (1992), Writer
- *Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit* (1993), Characters
- *The Stepford Wives* (2004), Screenplay
- *In & Out* (1997), Writer
- *Jeffrey* (1995), Screenplay
- *Marci X* (2003), Writer
- *Isn't She Great* (2000), Screenplay

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