Leo Benvenuti and Steve Rudnick

Leo Benvenuti and Steve Rudnick are a Chicago-based film and television writing team. The two met in 1978, while studying with Josephine Forsberg at The Players Workshop of Second City. In 1990, they developed their own late-night variety show called The Steve and Leo Show.

Benvenuti and Rudnick also created the short-lived 1998 Fox TV series Damon, starring Damon Wayans.

They have written several films, including box-office hits The Santa Clause, Space Jam, The Santa Clause 2, and The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause.

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