Cast & creator
Jim Abrahams
Best known for The Naked Gun, Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, Airplane!
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.
Also known as: James S. "Jim" Abrahams, 짐 에이브러햄스
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1976–2025 · acting roles
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Filmography (44)
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The Naked Gun
Original Film Writer
2025
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
Jim Abrahams
2022
Airplane!
Religious Zealot #6
1980Airplane!
Executive Producer
1980Airplane!
Director
1980Airplane!
Writer
1980
Scary Movie 4
Screenplay
2006
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Writer
1988The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Executive Producer
1988
Coming to America
Face on Cutting Room Floor
1988
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Director
1993Hot Shots! Part Deux
Screenplay
1993Hot Shots! Part Deux
Characters
1993
Hot Shots!
Director
1991Hot Shots!
Writer
1991
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Executive Producer
1994
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
Executive Producer
1991The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
Original Series Creator
1991
Police Squad!
Producer
1982Police Squad!
Writer
1982Police Squad!
Director
1982Police Squad!
Creator
1982
Top Secret!
German Soldier in Prop Room (uncredited)
1984Top Secret!
Screenplay
1984Top Secret!
Director
1984Top Secret!
Executive Producer
1984
Big John, Little John
Writer
1976
Cry-Baby
Executive Producer
1990
Ruthless People
Director
1986
Oscar
Postman (uncredited)
1991
Jane Austen's Mafia!
Screenplay
1998Jane Austen's Mafia!
Director
1998
The Kentucky Fried Movie
Various
1977The Kentucky Fried Movie
Writer
1977
...First Do No Harm
Director
1997...First Do No Harm
Producer
1997
Big Business
Director
1988
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
Director
1990
Brain Donors
Executive Producer
1992
Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
1993
Kareem: Minority of One
Self
2015An Introduction to the Ketogenic Diet
Director
1994
FAT: A Documentary
Self - Father / Founder, Charlie Foundation / Filmmaker
2019
Cocaine Blues
Himself
1983