Zucker, Jerry
From Astro-Databank
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| born on | 11 March 1950 at 05:43 (= 05:43 AM ) | ||
| Place | Milwaukee WI, USA, 43n02, 87w54 | ||
| Timezone | CST h6w (is standard time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   20°20'   25°12 Asc. 05°42'
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Biography
American film producer and director who began producing movies with brother Dave Zucker, then went on to his own productions of "Ghost,"1990, "First Knight," 1995, and "My Best Friend's Wedding," 1997. He was co-executive producer of the TV series "Police Squad."
He grew up in the Milwaukee suburb of Shorewood, where he and brother Dave read "Mad" magazine with their sister Susan. His mother Charlotte was a junior high school teacher and dad Burton a real estate developer. He and Dave enrolled in film courses at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, where they produced, among other things, a parody of "Midnight Cowboy" titled "12:05 Cowboy."
In 1971, he and Dave formed Kentucky Fried Theater with their friend Jim Abrahams, which mixed videotape parodies and live skits. They played in Madison for a year, then went to standing-room-only crowds in Los Angeles for five years. In 1977, they turned their material into the John Landis directed "Kentucky Fried Movie." Their partnership resulted in some of the daffiest, most commercially successful comedies, such as "Airplane," 1980 and "The Naked Gun," 1988. With the exception of 1984's "Top Secret," their films were big hits at the box office, but after "Ruthless People,"1986, the brothers dissolved the trio with Abrahams and amicably parted, each going off on his own.
Relationships
- sibling relationship with Zucker, David (born 16 October 1947)
- friend relationship with Abrahams, Jim S. (born 10 May 1944)
Events
- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1980 (Release of film, "Airplane")
- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1988 (Film, "Naked Gun")
- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1990 (Serious film, "Ghost")
Source Notes
Stephen Przybylowski quotes B.C. 4/1995
Categories
- Vocation : Entertainment : TV series/ Soap star (Police Squad)
- Vocation : Entertain/Business : Entertain Producer
- Vocation : Entertain/Business : Director
- Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress
- Vocation : Writers : Playwright/ script (Screenwriter, successful comedies)
- Family : Childhood : Order of birth (Second of three)
- Lifestyle : Financial : Gain - Financial success in field
- Family : Childhood : Sibling circumstances (Worked with brother Dave)
