David Zucker

1947 (78) • Production

Born: 10/16/1947 (78) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Known for: Production

David Zucker

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.

Known For

Airplane!

73%

Director

1980

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

73%

Writer

1988

Scary Movie 3

60%

Director

2003

Phone Booth

69%

Producer

2003

Scary Movie 4

55%

Director

2006

Scary Movie 5

48%

Writer

2013

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

68%

Director

1991

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

65%

Writer

1994

The Naked Gun

64%

Original Film Writer

2025

When We Went MAD!

53%

Self

2025

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

77%

David Zucker

2022

Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party

74%

Self

2020

The History of Comedy

66%

Self

2017

O.J.: Made in America

84%

Self

2016

Kareem: Minority of One

72%

Self

2015

Scary Movie 5

48%

Packer Fan (uncredited)

2013

Scary Movie 5

48%

Writer

2013

Scary Movie 5

48%

Producer

2013

An American Carol

42%

Producer

2008

An American Carol

42%

Director

2008

An American Carol

42%

Writer

2008

The Onion Movie

61%

Producer

2008

Superhero Movie

53%

Producer

2008

I Love the '70s: Volume 2

Self

2006

An Inconvenient Truth

69%

Thanks

2006

Scary Movie 4

55%

Zoltar (voice)

2006

Scary Movie 4

55%

Director

2006

Scary Movie 3

60%

Director

2003

My Boss's Daughter

51%

Director

2003

My Boss's Daughter

51%

Producer

2003

Phone Booth

69%

Producer

2003

H.U.D.

80%

Director

2000

H.U.D.

80%

Writer

2000

H.U.D.

80%

Executive Producer

2000

BASEketball

61%

Man with Shooting Hot Dog (uncredited)

1998

BASEketball

61%

Director

1998