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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Jerry Zucker Biography (1950-)
Born March 11, 1950, in Milwaukee, WI; son of Charlotte Zucker; brother of David Zucker (a director, writer and producer). Career: Producer, director, screenwriter, and actor. Kentucky Fried Theatre, Madison, WI, founder (with David Zucker and Jim Abrahams), 1979. Zucker Brothers Productions, founder(with David Zucker), Los Angeles, CA. Awards, Honors: British Academyof Film and Television Arts Award nomination, best screenplay, 1981, for Airplane!(with Jim Abrahams and David Zucker); ShoWest Award, director ofthe year, 1991; Golden Satellite Award nomination, best motion picture--comedy or musical, 1998, for My Best Friend's Wedding(with Ronald Bass). Addresses: Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., BeverlyHills, CA 90212.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Producer, director, screenwriter, actor
- Birth Details
- March 11, 1950
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Work
- Second unit director, Rock 'n' Roll High School, New World, 1979
- (With David Zucker and Jim Abrahams) Executive producer and director, Airplane! (also known as Flying High), Paramount, 1980
- (With David Zucker and Jim Abrahams) Director and executive producer, Top Secret!, Paramount, 1984
- (With David Zucker and Jim Abrahams) Director, Ruthless People, Buena Vista, 1986
- (With David Zucker and Jim Abrahams) Executive producer, The Naked Gun--From the Files of Police Squad!, Paramount, 1988
- Director, Ghost, Paramount, 1990
- (With Jim Abrahams and Gil Netter) The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear, Paramount, 1991
- (With David Zucker) Executive producer, Brain Donors, Paramount, 1992
- (With Bruce Joel Rubin and Hunt Lowry) Producer, My Life, Columbia, 1993
- (With Jim Abrahams and Gil Netter) Executive producer, Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult, Paramount, 1994
- Producer (with Gil Netter and David Zucker) A Walk in the Clouds,Twentieth Century-Fox, 1995
- Producer and director, First Knight, 1995
- (With Ronald Bass) Producer, My Best Friend's Wedding, Columbia TriStar, 1997
- Director, In Your Dreams, 1999
- Director, A Course in Miracles, 1999
- Producer, Toddlers, 1999
- Producer, Imaging Nathan, 1999
- Producer, The Phone Booth, 2000
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Film Appearances
- Man (NYTEX PM), Beaver (Courtroom), and third technician (Eyewitness News), Kentucky Fried Movie, United Films, 1977
- Ground crewman number two, Airplane! (also known as Flying High), Paramount, 1980
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Television Work
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Series
- (With David Zucker and Jim Abrahams) Executive producer and creator, Police Squad!, ABC, 1982
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Episodic
- Director, Police Squad!, ABC, 1982
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Specials
- Creator, director, and executive producer, Our Planet Tonight, 1987
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Television Appearances
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Specials
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The Naked Gun 2 1/2: Looking Down the Barrel of Comedy, 1991
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WRITINGS
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Screenplays
- (With David Zucker and Jim Abrahams) Kentucky Fried Movie, UnitedFilms, 1977
- (With David Zucker and Jim Abrahams) Airplane! (also known as Flying High), Paramount, 1980
- (With David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Martyn Burke) Top Secret!, Paramount, 1984
- (With David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Pat Proft) The Naked Gun--From the Files of Police Squad!, Paramount, 1988
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The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear, 1991
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The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult, 1994
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Film Lyrics
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Top Secret!, Paramount, 1984
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Television Specials
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Our Planet Tonight, 1987
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