Film
★ 4.9
2000
Isn't She Great
An unsuccessful over-the-top actress becomes a successful over-the-top authoress in this biography of Jacqueline Susann.
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Filmmaker
Andrew Bergman
Born
1945-02-20 · 81 yrs
From
Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Known for
Writing
Andrew Bergman (born February 20, 1945) is an American screenwriter, film director, and novelist. New York magazine in 1985 dubbed him "The Unknown King of Comedy". He graduated from Binghamton University and earned a Ph.D. in American history from the University of Wisconsin. His dissertation, a study of Depression-era Hollywood films, was published in 1971 by NYU Press under the title We're In the Money: Depression America and Its Films. He wrote James Cagney: The Pictorial Treasury of Film Stars. He wrote the original screenplay (titled Tex X) that served as the basis for Mel Brooks's classic Blazing Saddles, and was among the co-writers who adapted it into its final state.…
