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.