Leo Benvenuti and Steve Rudnick

Leo Benvenuti (born October 10, 1959) and Steve Rudnick (born February 24, 1958) are a Chicago-based film and television writing and producing 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 and co-executive produced NBC's TV series "The Second Half" and the short-lived 1998 Fox TV series ''Damon'', starring Damon Wayans.

They have written several films, including ''The Santa Clause'', ''Space Jam'', and ''Kicking & Screaming''. Provided by Wikipedia