He is best known for his work in comedy and was one of the driving forces behind the Police Squad! television series as well as it's respective spin-off film franchise Naked Gun starring Leslie Nielsen. David Zucker also took over the directing chops on the Scary Movie franchise from the Wayans Brothers beginning with 2003's Scary Movie 3. He also directed it's 2006 sequel Scary Movie 4. Both films are comedies that lampoon popular science fiction and horror movies including Scream, Signs and The Ring.