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Jerry Zucker

Born March 11, 1950 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (age 76)

Jerry Zucker (born March 11, 1950) is an American director, known for comedy spoof films, and the hit film Ghost. Zucker was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of Charlotte (d. 2007) and Burton Zucker, who was a real estate developer. He graduated from Shorewood High School. Zucker's early career work started with Jim Abrahams and brother David Zucker at the Kentucky Fried Theatre on Pico Blv…

Known For

The Naked Gun

The Naked Gun · 2025

MovieComedyCrime

Only one man has the particular set of skills... to lead Police Squad and save the world: Lt. Frank Drebin Jr. Following in his father's footsteps, he must solve a murder case to prevent Police Squad from closure.

Airplane!

Airplane! · 1980

An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! · 1988

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

MovieComedyCrime

When the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.

Ghost

MovieFantasyRomance

After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.

Friends with Benefits

Friends with Benefits · 2011

Friends with Benefits

MovieRomanceComedy

Dylan is done with relationships. Jamie decides to stop buying into the Hollywood clichés of true love. When the two become friends they decide to try something new and take advantage of their mutual attraction - but without any emotional attachment.

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult · 1994

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

MovieComedyCrime

Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he has to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Adding to his problems, Frank's wife, Jane, is desperate for a baby.

My Best Friend's Wedding

My Best Friend's Wedding · 1997

My Best Friend's Wedding

MovieComedyRomance

When she receives word that her longtime platonic pal Michael O'Neal is getting married to debutante Kimberly Wallace, food critic Julianne Potter realizes her true feelings for Michael -- and sets out to sabotage the wedding.

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear · 1991

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

MovieComedyCrime

Bumbling lieutenant Frank Drebin is out to foil the big boys in the energy industry, who intend to suppress technology that will put them out of business.

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The Naked Gun

The Naked Gun · 2025

MovieComedyCrime

Only one man has the particular set of skills... to lead Police Squad and save the world: Lt. Frank Drebin Jr. Following in his father's footsteps, he must solve a murder case to prevent Police Squad from closure.

Original Film Writer

Airplane!

Airplane! · 1980

An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.

Director

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! · 1988

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

MovieComedyCrime

When the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.

Executive Producer

Ghost

MovieFantasyRomance

After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.

Director

Friends with Benefits

Friends with Benefits · 2011

Friends with Benefits

MovieRomanceComedy

Dylan is done with relationships. Jamie decides to stop buying into the Hollywood clichés of true love. When the two become friends they decide to try something new and take advantage of their mutual attraction - but without any emotional attachment.

Producer

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult · 1994

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

MovieComedyCrime

Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he has to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Adding to his problems, Frank's wife, Jane, is desperate for a baby.

Executive Producer

My Best Friend's Wedding

My Best Friend's Wedding · 1997

My Best Friend's Wedding

MovieComedyRomance

When she receives word that her longtime platonic pal Michael O'Neal is getting married to debutante Kimberly Wallace, food critic Julianne Potter realizes her true feelings for Michael -- and sets out to sabotage the wedding.

Producer

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear · 1991

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

MovieComedyCrime

Bumbling lieutenant Frank Drebin is out to foil the big boys in the energy industry, who intend to suppress technology that will put them out of business.

Executive Producer

A Walk in the Clouds

A Walk in the Clouds · 1995

A Walk in the Clouds

MovieDramaRomance

World War II vet Paul Sutton falls for a pregnant and unwed woman who persuades him -- during their first encounter -- to pose as her husband so she can face her family.

Producer

First Knight

First Knight · 1995

MovieActionAdventure

The timeless tale of King Arthur and the legend of Camelot are retold in this passionate period drama. Arthur is reluctant to hand the crown to Lancelot, and Guinevere is torn between her loyalty to her husband and her growing love for his rival. But Lancelot must balance his loyalty to the throne with the rewards of true love.

Director

Rat Race

Rat Race · 2001

MovieAdventureComedy

In an ensemble film about easy money, greed, manipulation and bad driving, a Las Vegas casino tycoon entertains his wealthiest high rollers -- a group that will bet on anything -- by pitting six ordinary people against each other in a wild dash for $2 million jammed into a locker hundreds of miles away. The tycoon and his wealthy friends monitor each racer's every move to keep track of their favorites. The only rule in this race is that there are no rules.

Director

Top Secret!

Top Secret! · 1984

Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous Hillary Flammond, he finds himself caught up in an underground resistance movement. Rivers joins forces with Agent Cedric and Flammond to attempt the rescue of her father, Dr. Paul, from the Germans, who have captured the scientist in hopes of coercing him into building a new naval mine.

Screenplay

Fair Game

Fair Game · 2010

MovieDramaThriller

A devoted wife and mother leads a secret life as a CIA agent until her husband’s article exposes a scandal, putting her identity and loved ones at risk. As her world crumbles, she must navigate the fallout of her double life.

Producer

Ruthless People

Ruthless People · 1986

Ruthless People

Sam Stone hates his wife Barbara so much that he wants her dead. He's ecstatic when she's taken by a duo of kidnappers who want $500,000 ransom in exchange for her life. Fully intending to ignore every one of the kidnappers' demands in the hopes that they do him a favor and murder her for him, the two confused kidnappers have to figure out how they're going get their money, and what they're going to do with the overbearing Barbara.

Director

The Kentucky Fried Movie

The Kentucky Fried Movie · 1977

The Kentucky Fried Movie

A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung-fu films, disaster films, blaxploitation films, spy films, mafia films, and the fear that somebody is watching you on the other side of the TV.

Writer

My Life

My Life · 1993

MovieDramaRomance

It seems that Bob Jones has everything a man could want, namely a fulfilling job and a beautiful, pregnant wife, Gail. But Bob's life is turned upside-down when he is diagnosed with cancer and given four months to live -- not even enough time to see his first child's birth. To cleanse himself of demons in his remaining days, Bob makes a video diary, hoping to pass along some wisdom to his future child. Along the way, he discovers a lot about himself.

Producer

Rock 'n' Roll High School

Rock 'n' Roll High School · 1979

Rock 'n' Roll High School

MovieComedyMusic

A group of rock-music-loving students, with the help of the Ramones, take over their school to combat its newly installed oppressive administration.

Second Unit Director

Dear Dumb Diary

Dear Dumb Diary · 2013

Dear Dumb Diary

MovieFamilyTV Movie

Based on the best selling series "Dear Dumb Diary" by Jim Benton. Follow Jamie Kelly, as she navigates Mackeral Middle School with the help of her best friend Isabella, her nemesis Angeline and the boy of her dreams, Hudson.

Executive Producer

Unconditional Love

Unconditional Love · 2002

Unconditional Love

MovieDramaComedy

After her husband leaves her, a woman travels to London for the funeral of the pop star, Victor Fox, she's adored all her life. There, she meets the lover of the dead pop star, and convinces him to come back to Chicago with her to figure out who killed the singer.

Producer

Brain Donors

Brain Donors · 1992

Three manic idiots—a lawyer, a cab driver and a handyman—team up to run a ballet company to fulfil the will of a millionaire. Stooge-like antics result as the trio try to outwit the rich widow and her scheming big-shot lawyer, who also wants to run the ballet.

Executive Producer

Your Studio and You

Your Studio and You · 1995

Your Studio and You

A parody of 1950s corporate/industrial films, commissioned by Universal Pictures executives after the studio's purchase by Seagrams, and featuring cameos by many stars and directors.

Jerry Zucker

Asthma

MovieDramaRomance

A young musician takes a beautiful tattoo artist on a ride in a stolen classic car.

Gus' Father

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty · 2022

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

SeriesDramaComedy

A fast-break series chronicling the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of sports' most revered and dominant dynasties — a team that defined an era, both on and off the court.

Jerry Zucker

Police Squad!

Police Squad! · 1982

SeriesComedyCrime

In this cult parody of cop dramas, replete with farce and sight gags, Lieutenant Frank Drebin and his fellow officers from Police Squad bungle their way though crime investigations.

Writer