David Sheffield

David Sheffield (born 1948) is an American comedy writer best known for his writing on Saturday Night Live (SNL) and the screenplays for Coming to America, Coming 2 America (2021), and The Nutty Professor (1996) all written in collaboration with Barry W. Blaustein, and starring Eddie Murphy.

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) Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (with Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz (screenplay), Steve Oedekerk (story)) (2000) The Honeymooners (with Danny Jacobson and Don Rhymer) (2005) Coming 2 America (with Kenya Barris) (2021)