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

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

Mr. Abrahams built a wide-ranging résumé as a solo director including comedies such as “Big Business” (1988), starring Bette ...

Jim Abrahams, part of the team behind such comedy touchstones as Airplane!,' the 'Naked Gun' films and Police Squad!, died ...

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

Hollywood loses a man who helped shape the sense of humor of a generation, and the first trailer is out for the spy thriller ...

With the death of Jim Abrahams, one third of the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker writing and directing trio, a look at some of the ...

Jim Abrahams, the writer-director who with brothers Jerry and David Zucker popularized the 1980s spoof genre with comedies such as “Airplane!” and “The Naked Gun” series, has died.

The 1980 film taught me hard work and silliness can coexist.

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

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

Jim Abrahams, a writer-director best known for his work with Jerry and David Zucker, has died. The trio were responsible for ...