Director and Producer Jerry Zucker directed the box-office hit GHOST, nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Picture and starring Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, and Patrick Swayze. Zucker has directed several memorable films, including FIRST KNIGHT starring Sean Connery, Richard Gere and Julia Ormond, as well as the recent comedy RAT RACE, with an all-star cast including Rowan Atkinson, John Cleese, Whoopi Goldberg, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Jon Lovitz. Also an accomplished producer, Zucker's body of work includes producing A WALK IN THE CLOUDS, directed by Alfonso Arau and starring Keanu Reeves; MY LIFE, starring Michael Keaton and Nicole Kidman; and the romantic comedy MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING, Australian director P.J. Hogan's American debut featuring Julia Roberts. Most recently he produced UNCONDITIONAL LOVE, starring Kathy Bates and Rupert Everett and directed by Hogan, due out this spring.

Jerry Zucker began his career in collaboration with his brother, David Zucker, and Jim Abrahams when they formed their production company, known as ZAZ. The team wrote and directed the comedy classic AIRPLANE!, wrote and directed TOP SECRET, directed the comedy RUTHLESS PEOPLE starring Bette Midler and Danny DeVito, and produced and wrote the cult favorite KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE. They created the acclaimed television series POLICE SQUAD!, and also wrote and produced the popular feature NAKED GUN: FROM THE FILES OF POLICE SQUAD!, directed by David Zucker and starring Leslie Nielsen.