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Jim Abrahams

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Jim Abrahams

May 10, 1944 – Nov 26, 202427 titles 24 movies · 3 TV
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Biography

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

Born

May 10, 1944 – Nov 26, 2024

Shorewood, Wisconsin, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

10

Acting credits

11

Directing

12

Writing

9

Other crew

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Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

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1976 1 title(s)

1977 1 title(s)

1980 1 title(s)

1982 1 title(s)

1983 1 title(s)

1984 1 title(s)

1986 1 title(s)

1988 3 title(s)

1990 2 title(s)

1991 3 title(s)

1992 1 title(s)

1993 2 title(s)

1994 2 title(s)

1997 1 title(s)

1998 1 title(s)

2006 1 title(s)

2015 1 title(s)

2019 1 title(s)

2022 1 title(s)

2025 1 title(s)