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David Zucker

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Born October 16, 1947 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Also known as David S. Zucker · 데이비드 주커 · 데이빗 주커

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.

Awards & recognition

  • Writers Guild of America Award

Filmography26 titles

O.J.: Made in America

2016as Self

Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!

2026as Self - Filmmaker

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

2022as David Zucker

A Walk in the Clouds

1995Producer

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

1988Director, Executive Producer, Writer

Airplane!

1980as Ground Crewman #2

Top Secret!

1984as German Soldier in Prop Room (uncredited)

An Inconvenient Truth

2006Thanks

Phone Booth

2002Producer

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

1991as Davy Crockett

The History of Comedy

2017as Self

Ruthless People

1986Director

Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult

1994as Teleprompter Guy

The Naked Gun

2025Original Film Writer

The Kentucky Fried Movie

1977as Man (segment "His New Car") / Technician #2 (segment "Eyewitness News") / Grunwald (segment "Courtroom")

The Onion Movie

2008Producer

BASEketball

1998as Man with Shooting Hot Dog (uncredited)

Brain Donors

1992Executive Producer

Scary Movie 3

2003Director

Scary Movie 4

2006as Zoltar (voice)

High School High

1996Producer, Screenplay

Superhero Movie

2008Producer

When We Went MAD!

2025as Self

My Boss's Daughter

2003Director, Producer

Scary Movie 5

2013as Packer Fan (uncredited)

An American Carol

2008Director, Producer, Writer