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Jim Abrahams

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jim Abrahams  (born 10 May 1944) is an American movie director and writer. Abrahams was born in Shorewood, Wisconsin, to a Jewish family, and attended Shorewood High School.[1] He is 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. He now lives in Eagle River, Wisconsin. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jim Abrahams, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia


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Born:
May 10, 1944 In Shorewood, Wisconsin, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
9
First Appeared:
In the movie The Kentucky Fried Movie 1977-08-10
Latest Project:
Movie FAT: A Documentary 2019-07-19
Known For
Poster of Oscar
Poster of Coming to America
Poster of Cocaine Blues
Poster of Airplane!
Filmography
Movie FAT: A Documentary Self - Father / Founder, Charlie Foundation / Filmmaker 2019-07-19
Movie Kareem: Minority of One Self 2015-11-03
Movie Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology 1993-05-20
Movie Oscar Postman (uncredited) 1991-04-26
Movie Coming to America Face on Cutting Room Floor 1988-06-29
Movie Top Secret! German Soldier in Prop Room (uncredited) 1984-06-08
Movie Cocaine Blues Himself 1983-01-02
Movie Airplane! Religious Zealot #6 1980-07-02
Movie The Kentucky Fried Movie Various 1977-08-10