Jim Abrahams, who along with Jerry and David Zucker made up the filmmaking trio behind the spoof comedies 'Airplane!' and ...

Along with his fellow filmmakers David and Jerry Zucker, he revolutionized film comedy with a straight-faced, fast-paced ...

Jim Abrahams, writer-director of "Airplane!," "Police Squad!" and the third leg of the Zucker Brothers trio that brought zany ...

His work with brothers Jerry and David Zucker honed a style characterized by wild physical comedy, sight gags, double ...

Jim Abrahams, who has died aged 80, was one of three badly behaved American schoolboys who went on to reinvent screen comedy ...

Without Kentucky Fried Movie, the first film from Jim Abrams and his partners, Jerry and David Zucker, we might never […] The ...

Jim Abrahams, a film director and writer behind hit slapstick comedies like “Airplane!,” “Hot Shots!,” the “Naked Gun” series ...

Coincidentally, a few days before the death of the writer-director Jim Abrahams at the age of 80, I was watching Airplane!

With brothers David and Jerry Zucker, Abrahams wrote and directed some of the most influential and successful comedies of the ...

The screenwriting team of Mr. Abrahams and brothers David and Jerry Zucker often cast veteran dramatic actors in their ...

He and boyhood friends Jerry and David Zucker got their start with 'The Kentucky Fried Movie,' and they also were behind 'Top ...