Jim Abrahams

10 films directed

Biography

Jim Abrahams (May 10, 1944 – November 26, 2024) was an American movie director and writer. Abrahams was born in Shorewood, Wisconsin, to a Jewish family, and attended Shorewood High School. He was known for the spoof movies that he co-wrote and produced with brothers Jerry Zucker and David Zucker, such as Airplane! (for which he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay) and The Naked Gun series. The team of Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker (also referred to as "ZAZ") really began when the three men grew up together in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Abrahams later produced movies on his own such as Big Business, and further honed his skills in parody with Hot Shots! and its 1993 sequel Hot Shots! Part Deux.

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Recurring actors

The career in numbers

US$ 98 mi Total budget from 7 film(s) with data
US$ 514 mi Total box office from 7 film(s) with data
US$ 14 mi Average budget from 7 film(s) with data
US$ 73 mi Average box office from 7 film(s) with data
6.5 Average rating from 8 film(s) with data
5.3× Return on investment from 7 film(s) with data

Budget and box office do not exist for every film in our records. Averages are computed over the films that carry the figure, and the count beside each one says how many.

Films directed

Film	Year	Budget	Box office	Rating
Jane Austen's Mafia!	1998	US$ 10 mi	US$ 20 mi	5.5
...First Do No Harm	1997	—	—	6.9
An Introduction to the Ketogenic Diet	1994	—	—	1.0
Hot Shots! Part Deux	1993	US$ 25 mi	US$ 134 mi	6.5
Hot Shots!	1991	US$ 26 mi	US$ 181 mi	6.6
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael	1990	US$ 13 mi	US$ 4 mi	6.2
Big Business	1988	—	—	6.4
Ruthless People	1986	US$ 11 mi	US$ 72 mi	6.6
Top Secret!	1984	US$ 9 mi	US$ 21 mi	7.1
Airplane!	1980	US$ 4 mi	US$ 83 mi	7.3