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Director, Screenwriter, Executive Producer Born: February 20, 1945 in Queens, New York City, NY Biography:The son of a "New York Daily News" columnist, director/writer "Andrew Bergman" attended Harper College and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After receiving his doctorate in teaching in 1970, "Bergman" established his reputation as a "progressive" film historian / sociologist with his 1971 overview of 1930s films, "We're In the Money". "Bergman" was hired as a "youth contact" p.r. man for United Artists; it was his job to clue the studio in as to what was "hot" amongst the young. Following his Broadway playwriting bow with "Social Security", "Bergman" received his first screenwriting credit for "Mel Brooks"' blockbuster western parody "Blazing Saddles" (a later attempt by "Bergman" to write a genre spoof on his own, "Rhapsody of Crime", died on the vine). After the success of his screenplay and story for 1979's "The In-Laws", "Bergman" was given an opportunity to direct the Madison Avenue satire... Full Biography
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