Jerry Gordon Zucker: A Biography Early Life and Education Jerry Gordon Zucker, born November 11, 1950, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is an American film producer, director, and writer. He graduated from Shorewood High School and later attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His paternal grandfather, Leonard Zucker, emigrated from Russia to the United States and became a naturalized citizen, a detail that speaks to the family’s immigrant history. The Kentucky Fried Theater Roots Zucker's early career blossomed with Jim Abrahams and his brother, David Zucker, performing as a sketch and comed…