Jim Abrahams
Writing
1944-05-10 · Shorewood, 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.
Filmography
The Naked Gun
2025 · Movie
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
2022 · Series
FAT: A Documentary
2019 · Movie
Kareem: Minority of One
2015 · Movie
Scary Movie 4
2006 · Movie
Jane Austen's Mafia!
1998 · Movie
...First Do No Harm
1997 · Movie
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994 · Movie
An Introduction to the Ketogenic Diet
1994 · Movie
Hot Shots! Part Deux
1993 · Movie
Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
1993 · Movie
Brain Donors
1992 · Movie
Hot Shots!
1991 · Movie
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
1991 · Movie
Oscar
1991 · Movie
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
1990 · Movie
Cry-Baby
1990 · Movie
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
1988 · Movie
Coming to America
1988 · Movie
Big Business
1988 · Movie
Ruthless People
1986 · Movie
Top Secret!
1984 · Movie
Cocaine Blues
1983 · Movie
Police Squad!
1982 · Series
Airplane!
1980 · Movie
The Kentucky Fried Movie
1977 · Movie
Big John, Little John
1976 · Series