David Zucker
1947-10-16 (1947)Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USAProduction
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
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
TV • 2022
Scary Movie 5
MOVIE • 2013
Scary Movie 4
MOVIE • 2006
Airplane!
MOVIE • 1980
The History of Comedy
TV • 2017
I Love the '70s: Volume 2
TV • 2006
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
TV • 2026
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
MOVIE • 1994
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
MOVIE • 1991
Top Secret!
MOVIE • 1984
O.J.: Made in America
MOVIE • 2016
Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party
TV • 2020
BASEketball
MOVIE • 1998
Your Studio and You
MOVIE • 1995
The Kentucky Fried Movie
MOVIE • 1977
The Kentucky Fried Movie
MOVIE • 1977
Kareem: Minority of One
MOVIE • 2015
When We Went MAD!
MOVIE • 2025