Jerry Zucker

Jerry Zucker is an American movie director known for his role in directing 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 Zuckers 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 From there the three went on and together codirected Airplane in 1980 and then went on to do Top Secret in 1984 and Ruthless People in 1986 In 1990 he lent his directorial skills to the dramatic genre with Ghost which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture Recent directorial efforts of Zuckers include the 2001 film Rat Race which reteamed him with Ghost star Whoopi Goldberg Like his brother David Zucker Jerry often cast his mother Charlotte who died in 2007 and his sister Susan Breslau in small roles in his films Along with Jim Abrahams the Zuckers constitute the ZAZ team of directors