David Zucker

David Zucker

writer, producer, director

David Zucker was born on Oct 16, 1947 in USA. David Zucker's big-screen debut came with The Kentucky Fried Movie directed by John Landis in 1977. David Zucker is known for Phone Booth directed by Joel Schumacher, Colin Farrell stars as Stu Shepard and Kiefer Sutherland as The Caller. David Zucker has got 3 awards and 2 nominations so far. The most recent award David Zucker achieved is US Comedy Arts Festival. The upcoming new movie David Zucker plays is Mossad which will be released on Oct 05, 2021.

Born on October 16, 1947 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, director/writer/producer David Zucker, along with brother Jerry (Ghost, 1990) Zucker and longtime friend, Jim (Hot Shots, 1991) Abrahams, has established himself among Hollywood's (or at least Wisconsin's) most successful filmmakers.Starting out after college, with a borrowed video tape deck and camera, the soon to be legendary trio created the Kentucky Fried Theater, on the UW Madison campus, and moved to California in 1972, quickly becoming the most successful small theater group. in Los Angeles history. After parlaying this success into The Kentucky Fried Movie, the three conceived the idea that would create a whole new film genre. Airplane! (1980) broke all conventions, featuring dramatic actors like Robert Stack and Leslie Nielsen performing zany jokes with straight-laced sincerity. The spoof became the surprise hit of 1980, beginning a streak of hilarious movies including Top Secret! (1984) and Ruthless People (1986), after which David branched out on his own to direct The Naked Guns (1988, 1991, 1994), BASEketball (1998), Scary Movies 3 (2003), and 4 (2006), and others.David also found time to produce the successful, but somewhat less hilarious A Walk in The Clouds (1995) and Phone Booth (2002), and recently completed a feature script, The Star of Malta, a comedy set in the Film Noir era, and an international spy thriller, "Counter Intellijence!".Outside of the entertainment world, David has been a prominent advocate of environmental causes, having served on the board of TreePeople, an LA based organization committed to promoting community based tree planting and ecological solutions. David has worked closely with founder Andy Lipkis, taking a major role in charting the direction of the organization, and while doing so, receiving numerous honors, including the annual Evergreen Award.

  • Birthday

    Oct 16, 1947
  • Place of Birth

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
  • Also known

    David S. Zucker

Known For

Awards

3 wins & 2 nominations

US Comedy Arts Festival
2004
Shared with:
Winner - AFI Filmmaker Award
ShoWest Convention, USA
1989
Comedy Filmmakers of the Year
Winner - Special Award
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