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Airplane! Top Secret! Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker (abbreviated to ZAZ) were an American comedy filmmaking trio consisting of Jim Abrahams and brothers David and Jerry Zucker who specialised in writing slapstick comedy films during the 1980s. Members of the team have often collaborated with writer Pat Proft.
David Samuel Zucker (born October 16, 1947) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Associated mostly with parody comedies, Zucker is recognized for collaborating with Jim Abrahams and his brother Jerry as part of Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker , with whom he wrote and directed the 1980 film Airplane! and created The Naked Gun ...
David Zucker (brother) Jerry Gordon Zucker (born March 11, 1950) is an American film producer, director, and writer known for his role in directing comedy spoof films such as Airplane! and Top Secret!, and the Best Picture -nominated supernatural drama film Ghost. [1] He and his older brother, David Zucker, collaborated on several films.
David Zucker. Writer: Airplane!. Born on October 16, 1947 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, director/writer/producer David Zucker, along with brother Jerry (Ghost, 1990) Zucker and longtime friend, Jim (Hot Shots, 1991) Abrahams, has established himself among Hollywood's (or at least Wisconsin's) most successful filmmakers. Starting out after college, with a borrowed video tape deck and camera ...
- Writer, Producer, Director
- October 16, 1947
- Kentucky Fried Origins. The Zucker brothers and Abrahams got their start making fun of pop-culture in comedy sketch shows, and never really stopped. While at The University of Wisconsin in the late ’60s and early ’70s they founded The Kentucky Fried Theater, where they would routinely spoof B-movies, TV shows, and the nightly news.
- Airplane! takes off. With one moderately successful film (thanks to a shoestring budget) under their belts, ZAZ decided to take the unusual step of writing and directing their next project on their own.
- Police Squad! and The Naked Gun. Having conquered the cinema, ZAZ turned their attention to the small screen. Their next project was the short lived but much loved series Police Squad!
- Top Secret! Among the spoofs ZAZ produced, Top Secret! didn’t enjoy the lasting success of Airplane! or the Naked Gun films, but it’s worth revisiting for Val Kilmer’s performance alone as Nick Rivers, an American rock star who gets caught up in an East German plot while performing overseas.
Sep 22, 2023 · Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker (or ZAZ for short) were a trio of filmmakers made up of Jim Abrahams and brothers David and Jerry Zucker, best known for their various comedy/parody movies made ...
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Jan 11, 2024 · (L-R) Writers and directors Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams and David Zucker attend the 30th Anniversary screening of "Airplane!" at the Walter Reade Theater on August 9, 2010 in New York City.
