Jim Abrahams

Known for WritingBorn 1944-05-10Died 2024-11-26Shorewood, Wisconsin, USA

Jim Abrahams (May 10, 1944 – November 26, 2024) was an American movie director and writer. Abrahams was born in Shorewood, Wisconsin, to a Jewish family, and attended Shorewood High School. He was known for the spoof movies that he co-wrote and produced with brothers Jerry Zucker and David Zucker, such as Airplane! (for which he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay) and The Naked Gun series. The team of Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker (also referred to as "ZAZ") really began when the three men grew up together in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Abrahams later produced movies on his own such as Big Business, and further honed his skills in parody with Hot Shots! and its 1993 sequel Hot Shots! Part Deux.Read more

Movies & web series

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

Police Squad!

Kareem: Minority of One

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

Airplane!

Top Secret!

...First Do No Harm

Cocaine Blues

Coming to America

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

The Naked Gun

Big John, Little John

FAT: A Documentary

Hot Shots!

Hot Shots! Part Deux

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

Ruthless People

Cry-Baby

Oscar

Big Business

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

Brain Donors

The Kentucky Fried Movie

Scary Movie 4

Jane Austen's Mafia!

Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology

An Introduction to the Ketogenic Diet