Jim Abrahams
Writing · Executive Producer · Director · Screenplay
Born May 10, 1944 · Shorewood, Wisconsin, USA
Active 1976–2024 · Awards: Writers Guild of America Award
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.
Filmography
The Naked Gun (2025) - Original Film WriterAirplane! (1980) - Religious Zealot #6 · Executive Producer · Director · WriterThe Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) - Writer · Executive ProducerComing to America (1988) - Face on Cutting Room FloorThe Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991) - Executive Producer · Original Series CreatorTop Secret! (1984) - German Soldier in Prop Room (uncredited) · Screenplay · Director · Executive ProducerHot Shots! (1991) - Director · WriterNaked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994) - Executive ProducerHot Shots! Part Deux (1993) - Director · Screenplay · CharactersPolice Squad! (1982) - Writer · Producer · Director · CreatorCry-Baby (1990) - Executive ProducerScary Movie 4 (2006) - ScreenplayOscar (1991) - Postman (uncredited)Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022) - Jim AbrahamsRuthless People (1986) - DirectorThe Kentucky Fried Movie (1977) - Various · WriterBig Business (1988) - DirectorJane Austen's Mafia! (1998) - Screenplay · DirectorWelcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990) - DirectorBrain Donors (1992) - Executive Producer...First Do No Harm (1997) - Director · ProducerBig John, Little John (1976) - WriterHearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux - A Filmmaker's Apology (1993)An Introduction to the Ketogenic Diet (1994) - Director