Auteur

Pat Proft

Born 1947 · American screenwriter

Pat Proft is an American comedy writer, actor, and director. Born in Minnesota in 1947, Proft began his career at Dudley Riggs' Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis in the mid-1960s. He went on to perform as a one-man comedy act in the late 1960s. In 1972, Proft began working at The Comedy Store in Hollywood which led to work in television and film writing for the Smothers Brothers and Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker.

Pat Proft, in order

  1. 1978 The Star Wars Holiday Special (TV movie): wrote · directed by David Acomba and Steve Binder · critics 25%, audiences 24%
  2. 1982 Police Squad! (TV series): wrote · directed by Joe Dante · critics 91%, audiences 95% · streaming on Netflix
  3. 1983 High School U.S.A. (TV movie): wrote · directed by Jack Bender and Rod Amateau
  4. 1984 Bachelor Party: wrote, acted · directed by Neal Israel
  5. 1984 Police Academy: wrote · directed by Hugh Wilson · critics 58%, audiences 64%
  6. 1985 Moving Violations: wrote · directed by Neal Israel
  7. 1985 Real Genius: wrote · directed by Martha Coolidge
  8. 1988 Lucky Stiff: wrote · directed by Anthony Perkins
  9. 1988 Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach: wrote · directed by Alan Myerson
  10. 1988 The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!: wrote · directed by David Zucker · critics 88%, audiences 84% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Kanopy
  11. 1989 Police Academy 6: City Under Siege: wrote · directed by Peter Bonerz
  12. 1991 Hot Shots!: wrote, produced, acted · directed by Jim Abrahams
  13. 1991 The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear: wrote · directed by David Zucker · critics 77%, audiences 66% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+
  14. 1992 Brain Donors: wrote · directed by Dennis Dugan · critics 50%, audiences 85%
  15. 1993 Hot Shots! Part Deux: wrote, produced · directed by Jim Abrahams
  16. 1994 Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult: wrote · directed by Peter Segal · critics 65%, audiences 54% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Hoopla
  17. 1994 Police Academy: Mission to Moscow: wrote · directed by Alan Metter
  18. 1997 Mr. Magoo: wrote · directed by Stanley Tong
  19. 1998 Wrongfully Accused: directed, wrote, produced, acted · critics 19%, audiences 57% · streaming on Roku Channel, YouTube (free), Tubi
  20. 2003 Scary Movie 3: wrote · directed by David Zucker · critics 37%, audiences 54% · streaming on Paramount+, Philo, Hoopla
  21. 2006 Scary Movie 4: wrote · directed by David Zucker · critics 34%, audiences 51% · streaming on Paramount+, Plex
  22. 2008 Bachelor Party 2: The Last Temptation: wrote · directed by James Ryan
  23. 2008 Mostly Ghostly: Who Let the Ghosts Out?: wrote · directed by Rich Correll
  24. 2013 Scary Movie 5: wrote · directed by Malcolm D. Lee · critics 4%, audiences 38% · streaming on Paramount+, Plex