Known for Production
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.
Born
October 16, 1947 (age 78)
Birthplace
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Filmography
53 films, 9 shows


An American Carol
2008 · 1h 22m
country: United States
A cynical anti-American Hollywood filmmaker sets out on a crusade to abolish the 4th of July holiday. He is visited by three spirits who take him on a hilarious journey in an attempt to show him the true meaning of America.


Scary Movie 4
2006 · 1h 23m
country: United States
Cindy finds out the house she lives in is haunted by a little boy and goes on a quest to find out who killed him and why. Also, Alien "Tr-iPods" are invading the world and she has to uncover the secret in order to stop them.


Scary Movie 3
2003 · 1h 24m
country: United States
News anchorwoman Cindy Campbell has to investigate mysterious crop circles and killing video tapes, and help the President stop an alien invasion in the process.


My Boss's Daughter
2003 · 1h 23m
country: United States
When a young man agrees to housesit for his boss, he thinks it'll be the perfect opportunity to get close to the woman he desperately has a crush on – his boss's daughter. But he doesn't plan on the long line of other houseguests that try to keep him from his mission. And he also has to deal with the daughter's older brother, who's on the run from local drug dealers.


H.U.D.
2000 · 30m
country: Unknown
An Inspector Clouseau-like detective is based at the U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development, which, it turns out, is actually a supersecret spy agency.


BASEketball
1998 · 1h 43m
country: United States
Two losers from Milwaukee, Coop and Remer, invent a new game combining basketball with the rules of baseball. When the game becomes a huge success, they, along with a billionaire's help, form the Professional Baseketball League where everyone gets the same pay and no team can change cities. When a rival owner wants to institute major rule changes, Coop and Remer's team is the only one standing in the way.


For Goodness Sake
1993 · 29m
country: United States
The concept of goodness is discussed. Why is goodness important? What is a good person? Can doing good change the world? These and other questions are addressed in the film through short, humorous, ironic, and moving vignettes.


The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
1991 · 1h 25m
country: United States
Bumbling lieutenant Frank Drebin is out to foil the big boys in the energy industry, who intend to suppress technology that will put them out of business.


The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
1988 · 1h 26m
country: United States
When the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.


Ruthless People
1986 · 1h 34m
country: United States
Sam Stone hates his wife Barbara so much that he wants her dead. He's ecstatic when she's taken by a duo of kidnappers who want $500,000 ransom in exchange for her life. Fully intending to ignore every one of the kidnappers' demands in the hopes that they do him a favor and murder her for him, the two confused kidnappers have to figure out how they're going get their money, and what they're going to do with the overbearing Barbara.


Top Secret!
1984 · 1h 30m
country: United Kingdom
Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous Hillary Flammond, he finds himself caught up in an underground resistance movement. Rivers joins forces with Agent Cedric and Flammond to attempt the rescue of her father, Dr. Paul, from the Germans, who have captured the scientist in hopes of coercing him into building a new naval mine.


Airplane!
1980 · 1h 28m
country: United States
An ex-fighter pilot is forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.