Jim Abrahams
Sign in to saveAmerican movie director and writer (1944–2024)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1944-05-10
- Died
- 2024-11-26
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Surely You Can't Be Serious
- Airplane
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Writing · Shorewood, Wisconsin, USA
Jim Abrahams (May 10, 1944 – November 26, 2024) was an American movie director and writer. Abrahams was born in Shorewood, Wisconsin, to a Jewish family, and attended Shorewood High School. He was known for the spoof movies that he co-wrote and produced with brothers Jerry Zucker and David Zucker, such as Airplane! (for which he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay) and The Naked…
Known for
- Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty — Jim Abrahams2022
- FAT: A Documentary — Self - Father / Founder, Charlie Foundation / Filmmaker2019
- Kareem: Minority of One — Self2015
- Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology1993
- Oscar — Postman (uncredited)1991
- Coming to America — Face on Cutting Room Floor1988
- Top Secret! — German Soldier in Prop Room (uncredited)1984
- Cocaine Blues — Himself1983
- Airplane! — Religious Zealot #61980
- The Kentucky Fried Movie — Various1977
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 74
- Total plays
- 131
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Welcome to the Tidyverse
· 2019 · cited 19,320x
- The MIQE Guidelines: Minimum Information for Publication of Quantitative Real-Time PCR Experiments
· 2009 · cited 13,909x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,176x
- Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 6,784x
- Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 6,581x
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Key dates
- Born
- 10 May 1944
- Died
- 26 November 2024
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jim
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Shorewood
- Place of death
- Santa Monica
- Occupation
- director
- Educated at
- University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
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1944 births2024 deaths20th-century American Jews20th-century American male writers20th-century American screenwriters21st-century American Jews21st-century American male writers21st-century American screenwritersAmerican comedy film directorsAmerican comedy writersAmerican male screenwritersAmerican male television writers