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Robert K. Weiss is an American film and television producer. His productions include films by director
John Landis John David Landis (born August 3, 1950) is an American filmmaker and actor. He is best known for directing comedy films such as ''The Kentucky Fried Movie'' (1977), ''Animal House, National Lampoon's Animal House'' (1978), The Blues Brothers (f ...
, producer
Lorne Michaels Lorne Michaels (born Lorne David Lipowitz; November 17, 1944) is a Canadian and American television writer and film producer. He created and produced ''Saturday Night Live'' (1975–1980, 1985–present) and produced the ''Late Night (franchise) ...
and the " Z. A. Z." team of
Jim Abrahams James Steven Abrahams (May 10, 1944 – November 26, 2024) was an American film director and writer, best known as a member of Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker. Life and career James Steven Abrahams was born on May 10, 1944, to a Jewish family in ...
,
David Zucker David Samuel Zucker (born October 16, 1947) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Associated mostly with parody comedies, Zucker is recognized for collaborating with Jim Abrahams and his brother Jerry as part of Zucker, Ab ...
and
Jerry Zucker Jerry Gordon Zucker (born March 11, 1950) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is one third of the filmmaking trio Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker. He is best known for his role in writing and directing comedy spoof films like ...
. He also co-created the science-fiction TV series '' Sliders''. He is a graduate of
Southern Illinois University Carbondale Southern Illinois University (SIU) is a public research university in Carbondale, Illinois, United States. Chartered in 1869, SIU is the oldest and flagship campus of the Southern Illinois University system. SIU enrolls students from all 50 sta ...
. Weiss has been the President and Vice Chairman of the X Prize Foundation since 1996.


Credits

* '' Kentucky Fried Movie'' (1977): producer, actor * ''
The Blues Brothers The Blues Brothers (formally, The Fabulous Blues Brothers’ Show Band and Revue) are an American blues and soul music, soul revue band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, who met and began collaborating as original cast ...
'' (1980): producer * '' Police Squad!'' (TV series, 1982): producer * '' Doctor Detroit'' (1983): producer * '' The Compleat Al'' (made for video, 1985): producer, writer, director (videos " Dare to Be Stupid," " Like a Surgeon," " One More Minute", "This is The Life") * '' Dragnet'' (1987): producer * '' Amazon Women on the Moon'' (1987): producer, director (segments "Murray in Videoland", "Amazon Women on the Moon", "Silly Paté", "Video Pirates", "First Lady of the Evening", "Titan Man") * '' The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!'' (1988): producer,
second unit director A second unit is a discrete team of filmmakers tasked with filming shots or sequences of a production, separate from the main or "first" unit. The second unit will often shoot simultaneously with the other unit or units, allowing the filming s ...
, actor (uncredited) * ''
UHF Ultra high frequency (UHF) is the ITU designation for radio frequencies in the range between 300 megahertz (MHz) and 3 gigahertz (GHz), also known as the decimetre band as the wavelengths range from one meter to one tenth of a meter ...
'' (1989): actor * '' Crazy People'' (1990): producer, second unit director, actor * '' Nothing but Trouble'' (1991): producer, actor * '' The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear'' (1991): producer, second unit director, actor * '' Weird Science'' (TV series, 1994–1997): executive producer * '' Naked Gun : The Final Insult'' (1994): producer, second unit director, actor * '' Sliders'' (TV series, 1995–2000): co-creator, executive producer (season 1), second unit director (pilot), executive consultant (seasons 2–3) * '' Tommy Boy'' (1995): executive producer, second unit director, actor * ''
Black Sheep In the English language, black sheep is an idiom that describes a member of a group who is different from the rest, especially a family member who does not fit in. The term stems from sheep whose fleece is colored black rather than the more comm ...
'' (1996): executive producer * ''
A Night at the Roxbury ''A Night at the Roxbury'' is a 1998 American comedy film based on a recurring sketch on television's long-running ''Saturday Night Live'' called " The Roxbury Guys". ''Saturday Night Live'' regulars Will Ferrell, Chris Kattan, Molly Shannon, ...
'' (1998): executive producer * ''
Superstar A superstar is someone who has great popular appeal and is widely known, prominent, or successful in their field. Celebrities referred to as "superstars" may include individuals who work as actors, musicians, athletes, and other media-based profe ...
'' (1999): executive producer * ''
The Ladies Man ''The Ladies Man'' is a 1961 American comedy film directed by and starring Jerry Lewis. It was released on June 28, 1961, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Herbert H. Heebert is a young man who loses his girlfriend, swears off romance, and then tak ...
'' (2000): executive producer * '' Scary Movie 3'' (2003): producer * ''
Scary Movie 4 ''Scary Movie 4'' is a 2006 American parody film directed by David Zucker, written by Jim Abrahams, Craig Mazin, and Pat Proft, and produced by Mazin and Robert K. Weiss. It is the sequel to '' Scary Movie 3'' and the fourth installment in the ...
'' (2006): producer * ''
Superhero Movie ''Superhero Movie'' is a 2008 American superhero parody film written and directed by Craig Mazin, produced by Robert K. Weiss and David Zucker, and starring Drake Bell, Sara Paxton, Christopher McDonald, Kevin Hart, Brent Spiner, Jeffrey Ta ...
'' (2008): producer


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