Biography
Jerry Zucker (born March 11, 1950) is an American director, known for 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....
Known For
Complete Filmography
Asthma
2015
as Gus' Father
A young musician takes a beautiful tattoo artist on a ride in a stolen classic car.
Friends with Benefits
2011
Producer
Dylan is done with relationships. Jamie decides to stop buying into the Hollywood clichés of true love. When the two become friends they decide to try...
Fair Game
2010
Producer
A devoted wife and mother leads a secret life as a CIA agent until her husband’s article exposes a scandal, putting her identity and loved ones at ris...
Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic
2007
as Self
The making of Ghost
Unconditional Love
2002
Producer
After her husband leaves her, a woman travels to London for the funeral of the pop star, Victor Fox, she's adored all her life. There, she meets the l...
Making Rat Race
2002
as Himself
Rat Race
2001
Director, Producer
In an ensemble film about easy money, greed, manipulation and bad driving, a Las Vegas casino tycoon entertains his wealthiest high rollers -- a group...
Ghost: Remembering the Magic
2001
as Self
The Making of Ghost
My Best Friend's Wedding
1997
Producer
When she receives word that her longtime platonic pal Michael O'Neal is getting married to debutante Kimberly Wallace, food critic Julianne Potter rea...
First Knight
1995
Director, Producer
The timeless tale of King Arthur and the legend of Camelot are retold in this passionate period drama. Arthur is reluctant to hand the crown to Lancel...
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 Jerry 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
Executive 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...
My Life
1993
Producer
It seems that Bob Jones has everything a man could want, namely a fulfilling job and a beautiful, pregnant wife, Gail. But Bob's life is turned upside...
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
Executive Producer, 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...
Ghost
1990
Director
After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
1988
Executive Producer, Writer
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
Screenplay, Director, 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 #1
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.
Rock 'n' Roll High School
1979
Second Unit Director
A group of rock-music-loving students, with the help of the Ramones, take over their school to combat its newly installed oppressive administration.
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...
1000 Miles
N/A
Producer
The true story of William and Ellen Craft, who escaped enslavement in Georgia by disguising themselves as a white slave owner and his slave.