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David Sheffield (born 1948) is an American comedy writer best known for his writing on Saturday Night Live and the screenplays for Coming to America, Coming 2 America, and The Nutty Professor all written in collaboration with Barry W. Blaustein.
David Sheffield is known as an Screenplay, Actor, Story, Writer, and Co-Producer. Some of his work includes Coming to America, The Nutty Professor, Coming 2 America, Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, Boomerang, and The Honeymooners.
Aug 5, 2022 · David Sheffield grew up in Biloxi, and landed his dream job as a comedy writer for “Saturday Night Live” in his early 30s. While writing sketches for then rising star Eddie Murphy, he began a long-running collaboration with the actor, co-writing the scripts for some of his biggest hits like “Coming to America” and “The Nutty Professor
Nov 20, 2020 · By his own admission, David Sheffield has the dubious distinction of co-writing the worst sketch on one of the worst-ever episodes of Saturday Night Live. The episode in question aired forty...
Barry Blaustein and David Sheffield, who wrote both the original and the sequel to Coming To America spoke to Creative Screenwriting Magazine about the thirty-odd year journey to bring their sequel to the screen now that Prince Akeem had grown up to become a real man.
Jun 20, 2018 · David Sheffield, one of the film's screenwriters, said Murphy, 57, came up with the concept, which he had scribbled out on eight to 10 pages of a yellow legal pad. A year before the film was released, Murphy had signed a five-picture deal with Paramount, estimated in the millions, but the studio had yet to settle on a summer film.
David Sheffield. Coming 2 America is now coming to Amazon for a 2021 premiere. Coming to America sequel in the works with original writers. Explore People.
