'''Herschel Alan Weingrod''' (born October 30, 1947) is an American [[screenwriter]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/116269/Herschel-Weingrod |title=New York Times |access-date=2017-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103074718/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/116269/Herschel-Weingrod |archive-date=2012-11-03 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |publisher=[[Baseline (database)|Baseline]] & [[All Movie Guide]] |date=2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He has written and co-written a number of [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] [[blockbuster (entertainment)|blockbusters]] including ''[[Trading Places]]'', ''[[Twins (1988 film)|Twins]]'', ''[[Kindergarten Cop]]'' and ''[[Space Jam]]'' with fellow writer [[Timothy Harris (writer)|Timothy Harris]]. His parents are of Jewish descent.

Weingrod earned his bachelor's degree in [[European history]] at the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bulletproofscreenwriting.tv/herschel-weingrod/ |title=BPS 244: Billion-Dollar Comedy Screenwriting with Herschel Weingrod |publisher=Bulletproof Screenwriting |date=26 October 2022 }}</ref> He is also a graduate of the [[London Film School]].<ref name="LFS">{{cite web |url=https://lfs.org.uk/films-filmmakers/associates-london-film-school-alfs |title=Global Names from LFS |accessdate=2020-06-04 |work=lfs.org.uk}}</ref>