Biography
With his younger brother Jerry and childhood pal Jim Abrahams, writer-producer-director David Zucker was responsible for a series of sometimes corny, but often hilarious spoofs of a wide swath of popular movie genres. After forming a comedy troupe in college, the trio made their film debut with the cult classic, "The Kentucky Fried Movie" (1977), which featured a string of disconnected vignettes. But it was their next spoof, "Airplane!" …
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Career Milestones
2006 | Directed the comedy spoof "Scary Movie 4" |
2003 | Directed "Scary Movie 3" the third installment of the Scary Movie franchise |
2002 | Produced the Colin Farrell thriller, "Phone Booth" directed by Joel Schumacher |
1998 | Helmed the comedy, "BASEketball" starring the creators of "South Park", Matt Stone and Trey Parker |
1995 | Served a producer of the dramatic "A Walk in the Clouds" |
1991 | Signed 3 to 5-year deal with Columbia Pictures Entertainment (writing/producing/directing) after contract expired at Paramount |
1988 | Solo directing debut (also co-executive producer and co-writer), "The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Sqaud!" |
1980 | First film as co-director and producer (co-executive), "Airplane!"; also co-writer) |
1977 | First film as co-writer and actor, "Kentucky Fried Movie" |
1972 | Moved to L.A. |
1969 | With brother Jerry Zucker and friend Jim Abrahams, founded the Kentucky Fried Theatre in Madison, Wisconsin |
Awards
1982 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In a Comedy Series in Police Squad! |
1980 | BAFTA Award for Screenplay in Airplane! |