Vince Cheung and Ben Montanio are an American television writing and producing team.
Cheung and Montanio first worked together at ITC Productions, where Cheung was a development executive and Montanio worked in production. After doing script rewrites for number of series, the pair began writing as a team in the late 1980s. [1]
They have written and produced for Growing Pains , Night Court , Empty Nest , In the House , The Wayans Bros. , The Steve Harvey Show , Between Brothers , Married... with Children , Greetings from Tucson , Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide , American Dragon: Jake Long , Class of 3000 , Just Jordan and Wizards of Waverly Place . They also co-wrote the made-for-TV film Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior starring Brenda Song.
In 2009, they won a Primetime Emmy for their work on Wizards of Waverly Place. [2] [3]
Cheung is of Chinese descent and Montanio is of Mexican descent. [4] Because of their different ethnic backgrounds, the name of their production company is Rice and Beans Productions. [5]