Actor
Jim Abrahams
May 10, 1944 · 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 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.
Notable work
7.3Airplane! (1980)
as Religious Zealot #6 and Director and Writer
6.9Coming to America (1988)
as Face on Cutting Room Floor
7.3The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
Writer
6.6Hot Shots! (1991)
Director and Writer
6.5Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
Director
7.1Top Secret! (1984)
as German Soldier in Prop Room (uncredited) and Director
6.3Oscar (1991)
as Postman (uncredited)
6.6Ruthless People (1986)
Director
7.9Police Squad! (1982)
Writer and Director
6.2The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
as Various and Writer
6.4Big Business (1988)
Director
Often works with
Lloyd Bridges
5 titles together
Airplane!, Hot Shots!, Hot Shots! Part Deux
Leslie Nielsen
3 titles together
Airplane!, The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, Police Squad!
Charlie Sheen
3 titles together
Hot Shots!, Hot Shots! Part Deux, Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
Valeria Golino
3 titles together
Hot Shots!, Hot Shots! Part Deux, Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
Joyce Bulifant
2 titles together
Airplane!, Big John, Little John
Ed Williams
2 titles together
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, Police Squad!
Full filmography · 18
Jane Austen's Mafia!
Director
19985.5
...First Do No Harm
Director
19976.9An Introduction to the Ketogenic Diet
Director
1994
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Director
19936.5
Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
cast
1993
Hot Shots!
Director and Writer
19916.6
Oscar
as Postman (uncredited)
19916.3
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
Director
19906.2
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Writer
19887.3
Coming to America
as Face on Cutting Room Floor
19886.9
Big Business
Director
19886.4
Ruthless People
Director
19866.6