Jim Abrahams

Jim Abrahams

Writing

Born: 1944-05-10 · Shorewood, Wisconsin, USA

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, s…

MOVIES

Airplane!
1980
Coming to America
1988
Top Secret!
1984
Oscar
1991
The Kentucky Fried Movie
1977
Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
1993
Kareem: Minority of One
2015
Cocaine Blues
1983
FAT: A Documentary
2019