Jerry Zucker

Jerry Zucker is an American writer and director who co-directed the television series Police Squad!

Background
He is known for his role in directing comedy spoof films such as ''[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airplane! Airplane!] and [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Secret! Top Secret!], and the Best Picture-nominated supernatural drama film Ghost''. Jerry and his older brother, David Zucker collaborated on several films.

Zucker's films have been ranked among the greatest comedies of all time: ''[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airplane! Airplane!] was ranked at the top of Entertainment Weekly's list of best comedy films and AFI listed it as #10; [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Secret! Top Secret!] made Entertainment Weekly'''s Top 100 list.