Full Name James Herzfeld Name Jim Herzfeld | Role Screenwriter | |
Occupation Screenwriter, television producer Education UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television Movies Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers, Tapeheads Similar People Greg Glienna, John Hamburg, Jay Roach, Jane Rosenthal, Jon Poll | ||
Screenwriter Jim Herzfeld (Meet the Parents) at the InfoList Pre-Oscar Soiree 2018
Jim Herzfeld is an American film and television screenwriter who has also done work as a television producer. Herzfeld graduated from UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (TFT) in 1984. Herzfeld's earliest TV credit is on It's Garry Shandling's Show in 1986. His earliest feature film work was a writing credit on the cult-comedy Tapeheads in 1988. Herzfeld's most successful work was writing the screenplay for the 2000 film Meet the Parents as well as writing the story and screenplay for its 2004 sequel Meet the Fockers. Despite occasional internet information to the contrary, Herzfeld was not a writer on the last of the trilogy, the critically savaged Little Fockers. Herzfeld was also the writer of the canceled Circle 7 Animation version of Toy Story 3.