Andrew Bergman is an American screenwriter, director, and novelist born in 1945. He wrote the original screenplay for Mel Brooks' classic Blazing Saddles, and was among the co-writers who adapted it into its final state. Since then, he has written or co-written the cult classics The In-Laws, Fletch, and Soapdish, and written and directed The Freshman, Honeymoon in Vegas, and It Could Happen to You. He lives in New York City with his wife and has two grown sons.