Jim Abrahams

Jim Abrahams (born May 10, 1944 in Shorewood , Wisconsin ) is an American screenwriter and film director . He is part of the filmmaker trio ZAZ .

Abrahams is best known for the screenplays he wrote with brothers Jerry and David Zucker . These include the unbelievable journey in a crazy airplane (English Airplane! ), For which he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for the best screenplay, and the trilogy The Naked Cannon . The Sugar / Abrahams / Sugar trio banded together early on as they grew up together in Milwaukee.

Since the late 1980s Abrahams has concentrated on the production of his own films such as Two Times Two ( Big Business ) or Hot Shots! .

Filmography

Director

• 1980: The Incredible Journey in a Crazy Airplane ( Airplane ! , also producer and screenplay)
• 1982: The Naked Pistol ( Police Squad ! , also producer and screenplay)
• 1984: Top Secret! (also producer and screenplay)
• 1986: The Incredible Kidnapping of Mad Mrs. Stone (Ruthless People)
• 1988: Two times two (Big Business)
• 1990: A girl named Dinky (Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael)
• 1991: Hot Shots! - The mother of all films ( Hot Shots , also script)
• 1993: Hot Shots! The second attempt ( Hot Shots! Part Deux , also script)
• 1997: As long as there is still hope ( ... First Do No Harm , also producer)
• 1998: Mafia! - A noodle doesn't make spaghetti! ( Jane Austen's Mafia ! , also script)

Participation without direction

• 1977: Kentucky Fried Movie ( The Kentucky Fried Movie , Actor, and Screenplay)
• 1988: The Naked Gun ( The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad , writer and executive producer)
• 1991: The Naked Gun 2½ ( The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear , executive producer)
• 1994: The Naked Gun 33⅓ ( Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult , executive producer)
• 2006: Scary Movie 4 (screenplay)

Web links

• Jim Abrahams in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Biography in the New York Times (English).