Auteur

David Zucker

Born 1947 · American film director, screenwriter, producer

David Samuel Zucker is an American filmmaker. Associated mostly with parody comedies, Zucker is recognized for collaborating with Jim Abrahams and his brother Jerry as part of Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker, with whom he wrote and directed the 1980 film Airplane! and created The Naked Gun franchise. As a solo filmmaker, Zucker has also directed Scary Movie 3 (2003) and Scary Movie 4 (2006).

David Zucker, in order

  1. 1977 The Kentucky Fried Movie: wrote, acted · directed by John Landis · critics 84%, audiences 66% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Kanopy
  2. 1980 Airplane!: directed, wrote, acted · critics 97%, audiences 89% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Kanopy
  3. 1982 Police Squad! (TV series): directed, wrote, created · critics 91%, audiences 95% · streaming on Netflix
  4. 1984 Top Secret!: directed, wrote, acted · critics 76%, audiences 80%
  5. 1986 Ruthless People: directed · critics 93%, audiences 73%
  6. 1988 The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!: directed, wrote · critics 88%, audiences 84% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Kanopy
  7. 1991 The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear: directed, acted · critics 77%, audiences 66% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+
  8. 1992 Brain Donors: produced · directed by Dennis Dugan · critics 50%, audiences 85%
  9. 1992 For Goodness Sake: directed, wrote
  10. 1994 Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult: wrote, produced, acted · directed by Peter Segal · critics 65%, audiences 54% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Hoopla
  11. 1995 A Walk in the Clouds: produced · directed by Alfonso Arau · critics 48%, audiences 75% · streaming on Prime Video
  12. 1995 Your Studio and You (short film): acted · directed by Trey Parker
  13. 1996 High School High: wrote, produced · directed by Hart Bochner · critics 15%, audiences 37%
  14. 1998 BASEketball: directed, wrote, produced, acted · critics 41%, audiences 74%
  15. 2002 Phone Booth: produced · directed by Joel Schumacher · critics 71%, audiences 64% · streaming on Prime Video
  16. 2003 My Boss's Daughter: directed · critics 7%, audiences 23% · streaming on Paramount+, Hoopla
  17. 2003 Scary Movie 3: directed, produced · critics 37%, audiences 54% · streaming on Paramount+, Philo, Hoopla
  18. 2006 Scary Movie 4: directed, acted · critics 34%, audiences 51% · streaming on Paramount+, Plex
  19. 2008 An American Carol: directed, wrote, produced · critics 13%, audiences 48% · streaming on Prime Video, Fandango at Home (free), YouTube (free)
  20. 2008 Superhero Movie: produced · directed by Craig Mazin · critics 17%, audiences 33% · streaming on Roku Channel, Hoopla, Fandango at Home (free)
  21. 2008 The Onion Movie: produced · directed by Tom Kuntz · audiences 46% · streaming on Plex, Tubi
  22. 2009 Spanish Movie: produced · directed by Javier Ruiz Caldera
  23. 2013 Scary Movie 5: wrote, produced, acted · directed by Malcolm D. Lee · critics 4%, audiences 38% · streaming on Paramount+, Plex
  24. 2015 The Man in the High Castle (TV series): produced · critics 84%, audiences 79% · streaming on Netflix, Prime Video