Jim Herzfeld is an American film and television

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

who has also done work as a

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. Herzfeld graduated from

UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (UCLA TFT), is one of the 12 schools within the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) located in Los Angeles, California. Its creation was groundbreaking in that it was the first time a leadi ...

(TFT) in 1984.TFT Alumni Classnotes
, UCLA.edu. Accessed February 10, 2010. Herzfeld's earliest TV credit is on ''

It's Garry Shandling's Show ''It's Garry Shandling's Show'' is an American sitcom that was initially broadcast on Showtime from September 10, 1986 to May 25, 1990. It was created by Garry Shandling and Alan Zweibel. The series is notable for breaking the fourth wall. S ...

'' in 1986, followed by almost 10 years of writing and producing on sitcom staffs, including '' Married... With Children''. Herzfeld's earliest feature film work was a writing credit on the cult-comedy ''

Tapeheads ''Tapeheads'' is a 1988 comedy film directed by Bill Fishman and starring John Cusack, Tim Robbins, Sam Moore and Junior Walker. The film was produced by Michael Nesmith, who briefly appears as a bottled water delivery man. Plot After losing th ...

'' in 1988. Herzfeld's most successful work was writing the screenplay for the 2000 film ''

Meet the Parents ''Meet the Parents'' is a 2000 American comedy film written by Jim Herzfeld and John Hamburg and directed by Jay Roach. It chronicles a series of unfortunate events that befall a good-hearted but hapless nurse (Ben Stiller as Greg Focker) while v ...

''Gunn, Elston
Ten Questions with MEET THE PARENTS screenwriter Jim Herzfeld
, screenwritersutopia.com, March 11, 2004. Accessed October 9, 2008.Jim Herzfeld
''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

''. Accessed February 10, 2010. as well as writing the story and screenplay for its 2004 sequel ''

Meet the Fockers ''Meet the Fockers'' is a 2004 American comedy film directed by Jay Roach and the sequel to the 2000 film '' Meet the Parents''. The film stars Robert De Niro (who was also one of the film's producers), Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisan ...

''. Herzfeld was also the writer of the canceled

Circle 7 Animation Circle Seven Animation (or Disney Circle Seven Animation) was a short-lived division of Walt Disney Feature Animation specializing in computer-generated imagery (CGI) animation and was originally intended to create sequels to the Disney-owned P ...

version of ''

Toy Story 3 ''Toy Story 3'' is a 2010 American computer-animated comedy-drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It is the third installment in the ''Toy Story'' series and the sequel to ''Toy Story 2'' (1999). It was d ...

''.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Herzfeld, Jim American male screenwriters American television producers Living people UCLA Film School alumni Year of birth missing (living people)