FILM DIRECTOR

David Zucker

1947 - Today

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David Samuel Zucker (born October 16, 1947) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Associated mostly with parody comedies, Zucker is recognized for collaborating with Jim Abrahams and his brother Jerry as part of Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker, with whom he wrote and directed the 1980 film Airplane! and created The Naked Gun franchise. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Zucker has received more than 855,552 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). David Zucker is the 644th most popular film director (up from 678th in 2019), the 4,102nd most popular biography from United States (up from 4,407th in 2019) and the 155th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 860k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, David Zucker ranks 644 out of 2,041. Before him are Gianfranco Parolini, Renato Castellani, John Cromwell, Juraj Herz, Robert Stevenson, and Aleksandr Ptushko. After him are Sergio Sollima, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Rob Cohen, Francis Lawrence, Raoul Servais, and Carmine Gallone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, David Zucker ranks 298. Before him are Robert David Hall, Salvatore Sciarrino, Gunter Demnig, Bernard Giraudeau, Björn Skifs, and Gerry Rafferty. After him are Kim Darby, Orlan, Olavo de Carvalho, Ján Pivarník, Fernando Savater, and Joe Walsh.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Zucker ranks 4,102 out of 20,380. Before him are Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824), Gus Hall (1910), Anna Elizabeth Klumpke (1856), Hubert Selby Jr. (1928), Lynne Cheney (1941), and Lester Germer (1896). After him are Clark Gregg (1962), Halton Arp (1927), Chita Rivera (1933), Sarah Clarke (1972), Warren Oates (1928), and Chuck Schuldiner (1967).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, David Zucker ranks 155. Before him are Peter Hyams (1943), Natacha Rambova (1897), Robert Mulligan (1925), James Mangold (1963), Larry Clark (1943), and John Cromwell (1886). After him are Rob Cohen (1949), Nancy Meyers (1949), Lawrence Kasdan (1949), Rob Marshall (1960), Stan Winston (1946), and Friz Freleng (1906).

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