Biography
Herschel Alan Weingrod is an American screenwriter and producer. Born on 30 October 1947 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he studied European history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and graduated from the London Film School. Early in his career he formed a long-term writing and producing partnership with Timothy Harris, and they co-founded Weingrod/Harris Productions.
Weingrod’s screenwriting credits, many written with Harris, include Trading Places (1983), Brewster’s Millions (1985), Twins (1988), My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988), Kindergarten Cop (1990), Pure Luck (1991) and Space Jam (1996). He also produced the 1993 film Falling Down and later worked on The Final Season (2007) and Kindergarten Cop 2 (2016).
