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Jim Abrahams
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 Hi…
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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.
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2025
The Naked Gun
Movie Original Film Writer
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2022
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
TV show Jim Abrahams
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2019
FAT: A Documentary
Movie Self - Father / Founder, Charlie Foundation / Filmmaker
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2015
Kareem: Minority of One
Movie Self
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2006
Scary Movie 4
Movie Screenplay
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1998
Jane Austen's Mafia!
Movie Screenplay
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1997
...First Do No Harm
Movie Director
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1994
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Movie Executive Producer
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1994
An Introduction to the Ketogenic Diet
Movie Director
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1993
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Movie Director
- 1993
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1992
Brain Donors
Movie Executive Producer
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1991
Hot Shots!
Movie Director
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1991
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
Movie Executive Producer
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1991
Oscar
Movie Postman (uncredited)
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1990
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
Movie Director
More credits
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1990
Cry-Baby
Movie Executive Producer
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1988
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Movie Writer
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1988
Coming to America
Movie Face on Cutting Room Floor
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1988
Big Business
Movie Director
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1986
Ruthless People
Movie Director
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1984
Top Secret!
Movie German Soldier in Prop Room (uncredited)
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1983
Cocaine Blues
Movie Himself
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1982
Police Squad!
TV show Writer
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1980
Airplane!
Movie Religious Zealot #6
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1977
The Kentucky Fried Movie
Movie Various
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1976
Big John, Little John
TV show Writer
