Biography
David S. Zucker (born October 16, 1947) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Associated mostly with parody comedies, Zucker is recognized as the director and writer of the critically successful 1980 film Airplane! as well as being the creator of The Naked Gun franchise and for directing Scary Movie 3 and Scary Movie 4.
Known For
Complete Filmography
When We Went MAD!
2025
as Self
A historical documentary and tribute to the legacy and influence of MAD Magazine featuring interviews with MAD celebrity readers, along with MAD artis...
O.J.: Made in America
2016
as Self
A chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fracture...
Kareem: Minority of One
2015
as Self
This documentary charts the complexity and genius of the NBA's all-time leading scorer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's legendary career, both on and off the cou...
Scary Movie 5
2013
as Packer Fan (uncredited)
Home with their newly-formed family, happy parents Dan and Jody are haunted by sinister, paranormal activities. Determined to expel the insidious forc...
Scary Movie 5
2013
Writer, Producer
Home with their newly-formed family, happy parents Dan and Jody are haunted by sinister, paranormal activities. Determined to expel the insidious forc...
An American Carol
2008
Producer, Director, Writer
A cynical anti-American Hollywood filmmaker sets out on a crusade to abolish the 4th of July holiday. He is visited by three spirits who take him on a...
The Onion Movie
2008
Producer
Venerable newscaster Norm Archer reports the latest news in politics, health, culture and entertainment - such as an automotive recall of decapitation...
Superhero Movie
2008
Producer
Rick Riker is a nerdy teen imbued with superpowers by a radioactive dragonfly. And because every hero needs a nemesis, enter Lou Landers, aka the vill...
An Inconvenient Truth
2006
Thanks
A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide.
Scary Movie 4
2006
as Zoltar (voice)
Cindy finds out the house she lives in is haunted by a little boy and goes on a quest to find out who killed him and why. Also, Alien "Tr-iPods" are i...
Scary Movie 4
2006
Director
Cindy finds out the house she lives in is haunted by a little boy and goes on a quest to find out who killed him and why. Also, Alien "Tr-iPods" are i...
Scary Movie 3
2003
Director
In the third installment of the Scary Movie franchise, news anchorwoman Cindy Campbell has to investigate mysterious crop circles and killing video ta...
My Boss's Daughter
2003
Director, Producer
When a young man agrees to housesit for his boss, he thinks it'll be the perfect opportunity to get close to the woman he desperately has a crush on –...
Phone Booth
2003
Producer
A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light f...
BASEketball
1998
as Man with Shooting Hot Dog (uncredited)
Two losers from Milwaukee, Coop and Remer, invent a new game combining basketball with the rules of baseball. When the game becomes a huge success, th...
BASEketball
1998
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Two losers from Milwaukee, Coop and Remer, invent a new game combining basketball with the rules of baseball. When the game becomes a huge success, th...
High School High
1996
Screenplay, Producer
Richard Clark has just left the well-known Wellington Academy to teach at Marion Barry High School. Now, he will try to inspire the D-average students...
A Walk in the Clouds
1995
Producer
World War II vet Paul Sutton falls for a pregnant and unwed woman who persuades him -- during their first encounter -- to pose as her husband so she c...
Your Studio and You
1995
as David Zucker
A parody of 1950s corporate/industrial films, commissioned by Universal Pictures executives after the studio's purchase by Seagrams, and featuring cam...
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994
as Teleprompter Guy
Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he has to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for wh...
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994
Writer, Producer
Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he has to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for wh...
For Goodness Sake
1993
Director
The concept of goodness is discussed. Why is goodness important? What is a good person? Can doing good change the world? These and other questions are...
Brain Donors
1992
Executive Producer
Three manic idiots—a lawyer, a cab driver and a handyman—team up to run a ballet company to fulfil the will of a millionaire. Stooge-like antics resul...
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
1991
as Davy Crockett
Bumbling lieutenant Frank Drebin is out to foil the big boys in the energy industry, who intend to suppress technology that will put them out of busin...
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
1991
Director, Writer, Original Series Creator
Bumbling lieutenant Frank Drebin is out to foil the big boys in the energy industry, who intend to suppress technology that will put them out of busin...
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
1988
Writer, Executive Producer, Director
When the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen ...
Ruthless People
1986
Director
Sam Stone hates his wife Barbara so much that he wants her dead. He's ecstatic when she's taken by a duo of kidnappers who want $500,000 ransom in exc...
Top Secret!
1984
as German Soldier in Prop Room (uncredited)
Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous Hillar...
Top Secret!
1984
Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous Hillar...
Airplane!
1980
as Ground Crewman #2
An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.
Airplane!
1980
Director, Executive Producer, Writer
An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.
The Kentucky Fried Movie
1977
as Man (segment "His New Car") / Technician #2 (segment "Eyewitness News") / Grunwald (segment "Courtroom")
A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung-fu films, disaster films, blaxploitation films, spy films...
The Kentucky Fried Movie
1977
as Various
A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung-fu films, disaster films, blaxploitation films, spy films...
The Kentucky Fried Movie
1977
Writer
A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung-fu films, disaster films, blaxploitation films, spy films...
Star of Malta
N/A
Director, Writer
Set in late-1940s America, Malta follows prizefighter Joe Medina, newly released from prison for killing his opponent in the ring, as he pursues his l...