David Sheffield

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.^[1][2]

David Sheffield
Born	1948 (age 76–77) United States
Occupation(s)	Screenwriter, television writer

Writing credits

• Saturday Night Live (1980-1983) (TV)
• Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
• Coming to America (1988)
• What's Alan Watching? (1989) (TV)
• Boomerang (1992)
• The Nutty Professor (with Tom Shadyac and Steve Oedekerk) (1996)
• The Gelfin (1999) (unproduced)^[3]
• Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)
• The Honeymooners (2005)
• Coming 2 America (2021)