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11 Mar 1950 (74)

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

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Jerry Zucker

Jerry Zucker is an American movie director known for his role in directing comedy spoof films, and the hit film Ghost. Zucker was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of Charlotte (d. 2007) and Burton Zucker, who was a real estate developer. He graduated from Shorewood High School. Zucker's early career work started with Jim Abrahams and brother David Zucker at the Kentucky Fried Theatre on Pico Blvd in West Los Angeles where they honed their comedic skills doing skits in front of a live audience. From there the three went on and together co-directed Airplane! in 1980 and then went on to do Top Secret! in 1984, and Ruthless People in 1986. In 1990, he lent his directorial skills to the dramatic genre with Ghost, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. Recent directorial efforts of Zucker's include the 2001 film Rat Race (which re-teamed him with Ghost star Whoopi Goldberg). Like his brother David Zucker, Jerry often cast his mother, Charlotte (who died in 2007), and his sister, Susan Breslau, in small roles in his films. Along with Jim Abrahams, the Zuckers constitute the "ZAZ" team of directors.

Airplane!

2 July 1980

Top Secret!

8 June 1984

The Kentucky Fried Movie

10 August 1977

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

6 March 2022

Asthma

23 October 2015

Your Studio and You

1 February 1995

The History of Comedy

9 February 2017

Ghost: Remembering the Magic

24 April 2001

Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic

13 March 2007

Making Rat Race

29 January 2002