Jim Abrahams

Jim Abrahams

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name = Jim Abrahams


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birthdate = birth date and age|1944|5|10
location = Shorewood, Wisconsin, U.S.
occupation = Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter
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Jim Abrahams (born 10 May 1944) is an American movie director and writer.

Abrahams was born in Shorewood, Wisconsin, and attended Shorewood High School there. [ [http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=332493 "25 years and still laughing: 'Airplane!' maintains its cruising altitude with a non-stop zany attitude"] , "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel", June 11, 2005. Accessed September 17, 2007. "The event is in honor of the volunteer service and philanthropy of Louise Abrahams Yaffe and her son Jim Abrahams, who wrote and directed "Airplane!" with fellow Shorewood High School and University of Wisconsin-Madison graduates David and Jerry Zucker."] 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 "Ruthless People", and further honed his skills in parody with "Hot Shots!" and its 1993 sequel "Hot Shots! Part Deux".

Filmography

* "Airplane!" (1980)
* Contributions to "Police Squad!" (1982)
* "Top Secret!" (1984)
* "Ruthless People" (1986)
* "Big Business" (1988)
* "Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael" (1990)
* "Hot Shots!" (1991)
* "Hot Shots! Part Deux" (1993)
* "…First Do No Harm" (1997)
* "Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998)
* "Scary Movie 4 (2006) - screenplay
* "Scary Movie 5 (2008) -announced

References

External links

*imdb name | id=0000720| name=Jim Abrahams
* [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=78951&mod=bio Bio at The New York Times]


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