Jim Abrahams: Jim Abrahams. Writer: Airplane!. Writer, producer and director James S. 'Jim' Abrahams was born in Shorewood, Wisconsin, to lawyer Norman Sidney Abrahams (1913-1965) and his wife Louise (née Ogens, 1915-2012), a University of Michigan graduate. Along with childhood friends and future collaborators Jerry Zucker and David Zucker, Abrahams studied at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 1971, the trio --who would later be known simply as 'ZAZ'-- set up the small...
