Alon Gur Arye a prolific Israeli comedy writer and Director. Over the last decade, he has created, written, and directed hundreds of hours of TV for most major broadcasters. Among his award-winning films were "Israeli Intelligence", "Operation Egg" and "Mossad". Alon gives lectures and writes a column on cinema history for Ynet, Israel’s most popular news portal.
With a string of worldwide box office hits and a few classic comedies to his credit,
director/writer/producer David Zucker, along with brother Jerry (Ghost) Zucker and longtime
friend, Jim (Hot Shots) Abrahams, has established himself among Hollywood’s (or at least
Wisconsin’s) most successful filmmakers.
Starting out after college, with a borrowed video tape deck and camera, the soon to be
legendary trio created the Kentucky Fried Theater, on the UW Madison campus, and
moved to California in 1972, quickly becoming the most successful small theater group
in Los Angeles history.
After parlaying this success into The Kentucky Fried Movie, the three conceived the idea
that would create a whole new film genre. Airplane! broke all conventions, featuring dramatic actors like Robert Stack and Leslie Nielsen performing zany jokes with straight-laced sincerity. The spoof became the surprise hit of 1980, beginning a streak of hilarious movies including Top Secret! and Ruthless People, after which David branched out on his own to direct The Naked Guns, BASEketball, Scary Movies 3, and 4, and others. David also found time to produce the successful, but somewhat less hilarious A Walk in The Clouds and Phone Booth, and recently completed a feature script, The Star of Malta, a comedy set in the Film Noir era, and an international spy thriller, “Counter Intellijence!”
Outside of the entertainment world, David has been a prominent advocate of environmental causes, having served on the board of TreePeople, an LA based organization committed to promoting community based tree planting and ecological solutions. David has worked closely with founder Andy Lipkis, taking a major role in charting the direction of the organization, and while doing so, receiving numerous honors, including the annual Evergreen Award. Recently, David was brought in as Creative Consultant on the feature film, Mossad, which became one of Israel's biggest releases of 2019. David currently resides in Brentwood, Los Angeles, working on 2 television projects while awaiting the 2020 NFL season.
Alon Gur Arye a prolific Israeli comedy writer and Director. Over the last decade, he has created, written, and directed hundreds of hours of TV for most major broadcasters. Among his award-winning films were "Israeli Intelligence", "Operation Egg" and "Mossad". Alon gives lectures and writes a column on cinema history for Ynet, Israel’s most popular news portal.
With a string of worldwide box office hits and a few classic comedies to his credit,
director/writer/producer David Zucker, along with brother Jerry (Ghost) Zucker and longtime
friend, Jim (Hot Shots) Abrahams, has established himself among Hollywood’s (or at least
Wisconsin’s) most successful filmmakers.
Starting out after college, with a borrowed video tape deck and camera, the soon to be
legendary trio created the Kentucky Fried Theater, on the UW Madison campus, and
moved to California in 1972, quickly becoming the most successful small theater group
in Los Angeles history.
After parlaying this success into The Kentucky Fried Movie, the three conceived the idea
that would create a whole new film genre. Airplane! broke all conventions, featuring dramatic actors like Robert Stack and Leslie Nielsen performing zany jokes with straight-laced sincerity. The spoof became the surprise hit of 1980, beginning a streak of hilarious movies including Top Secret! and Ruthless People, after which David branched out on his own to direct The Naked Guns, BASEketball, Scary Movies 3, and 4, and others. David also found time to produce the successful, but somewhat less hilarious A Walk in The Clouds and Phone Booth, and recently completed a feature script, The Star of Malta, a comedy set in the Film Noir era, and an international spy thriller, “Counter Intellijence!”
Outside of the entertainment world, David has been a prominent advocate of environmental causes, having served on the board of TreePeople, an LA based organization committed to promoting community based tree planting and ecological solutions. David has worked closely with founder Andy Lipkis, taking a major role in charting the direction of the organization, and while doing so, receiving numerous honors, including the annual Evergreen Award. Recently, David was brought in as Creative Consultant on the feature film, Mossad, which became one of Israel's biggest releases of 2019. David currently resides in Brentwood, Los Angeles, working on 2 television projects while awaiting the 2020 NFL season.