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Jim Abrahams
  • Date of Birth:
    May 10, 1944
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Taurus
  • Place of Birth:
    Shorewood, WI
  • Sex:
    Male
  • Nationality:
    American
  • Education:
    Shorewood High School, Shorewood, WI

Family

Jim Abrahams
  • Mother:
    Louise Abrahams Yaffe
  • Spouse:
    Nancy
  • Son:
    Joseph, Charlie
  • Daughter:
    Jamie

Career

Jim Abrahams

Trivia

Jim Abrahams
  • Jim holds two patents and is considered the contracting industry's most influential mentor.
  • In 1996, Jim and John co-founded Service Experts, Inc., and Jim became president and director of the nation's first publicly-held consolidator in the HVAC industry.
  • Based on the success of Air Experts, Jim co-founded Contractors Success Group, an HVAC industry consulting company, with John Young in 1990.
  • In 1981, Jim left Trane to start Air Experts, Inc., an HVAC service and replacement business in St. Louis.
  • In 1978, Jim moved to The Trane Company in Lacrosse, Wisconsin, where he started as a commissioned salesman and worked his way up to manager of retail operations in the consumer products division.
  • In 1975, he became general manager of what he helped build into the world's largest Weight Watchers franchise.
  • Jim Abrams started his career as a classroom instructor in accounting and business administration at Saginaw Business Institute in Michigan.

Biography

Jim Abrahams
Last Updated: Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Jim Abrahams (born 10 May 1944 in Shorewood, Wisconsin) is an American movie director and writer. Abrahams is best known for the spoof movies he co-wrote and produced with brothers Jerry Zucker and David Zucker, such as Airplane! for which he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay and The Naked Gun series. The team of Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker (also referred to as "ZAZ") really began when the three men grew up together in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Abrahams later produced movies on his own such as Big Business and Ruthless People, and further honed his skills in parody with Hot Shots! and its 1993 sequel Hot Shots! Part Deux.

Filmography

Jim Abrahams

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