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David Zucker

Film director, producer, and screenwriter mostly associated with spoof comedies.

Co-director and writer of the critically successful 1980 film Airplane!. Creator of The Naked Gun franchise.

Fun Fact:

All three of the directors of Airplane! - David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, and Jim Abrahams - were Jewish.

The film grossed $171 million worldwide against a $3.5 million production budget, and won numerous awards and critical acclaim.

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Sources:

David Zucker - Wikipedia

"At a Jewish Museum Milwaukee event, David Zucker gives Milwaukee credit for 'The Naked Gun,' 'Airplane!'" - The Wisconsim Jewish Chronicle (2021)

"Don’t call him Shirley: An evening with David Zucker in Jerusalem" - The Jerusalem Post (2017)

"American Jewish Filmmakers" - David Desser and Professor Lester D. Friedman via Google Books