Brian Volk-Weiss
male
Born on May 28, 1976 (49 years old)
From Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Known for Production
Biography
Brian Volk-Weiss (born May 28, 1976) is an American film and television producer and director. He is the founder and current CEO of The Nacelle Company and Comedy Dynamics (a Nacelle subsidiary). He is also the creator, producer, and occasional director of the current Netflix series, The Toys That Made Us along with the television specials Kevin Hart's Guide to Black History (also Netflix) and Discontinued (originally on The CW). Through Comedy Dynamics, he has produced and directed numerous stand-up specials and comedy albums for comedians like Kevin Hart, Jim Gaffigan, Ali Wong, Tiffany Haddish, Ilana Glazer, and many others. Volk-Weiss has also produced several television shows including Join or Die with Craig Ferguson, Stevie TV, and Animal Nation with Anthony Anderson. He also serves as executive producer on the upcoming revival of the 1992 TV series, Mad About You.
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Crew Credits
- 2025
- 2024
Cara Connors: Straight for Pay
as
Director
2024
Jose Velasquez: Hoozay the Salvadoran
as
Director
2024
Kim McVicar: Female Comedian
as
Producer
2024
Kim McVicar: Female Comedian
as
Director
2024
Rachel Scanlon: Gay Fantasy
as
Director
2024
Billy Sorrells: Toxic AF
as
Director
2024
Kylie Brakeman: Linda Hollywood’s Big Night
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Producer
2024
Tom Papa: Home Free
as
Executive Producer
2024
Subhah Agarwal: Airport Pigeon
as
Director
2024
Up for Auction
as
Director
2024
Thirst with Shay Mitchell
as
Executive Producer
2024
Icons Unearthed: Lord of The Rings
as
Executive Producer
2024
Icons Unearthed: Lord of The Rings
as
Director
2024
Icons Unearthed: Harry Potter
as
Director
2024
Icons Unearthed: Batman
as
Director
2024
- 2023
Hank Chen: I'm Not Supposed to Be Here
as
Director
2023
Kevin James Thornton: Be Yourself
as
Director
2023
Maria Bamford: Local Act
as
Producer
2023
Bill Engvall: Here's Your Sign, It's Finally Time My Last Show
as
Producer
2023
Darienne Lake: Altered Boy
as
Director
2023
BeBe Zahara Benet: Africa Is Not a Country
as
Director
2023
Ginger Minj: Bless Your Heart
as
Director
2023
Jinkx Monsoon: Red Head Redemption
as
Director
2023
Monét X Change: Fist of Glory
as
Director
2023
Peppermint: So-SIGH-ety Effects
as
Director
2023
Peppermint: So-SIGH-ety Effects
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Producer
2023
Jinkx Monsoon: Red Head Redemption
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Executive Producer
2023
Ginger Minj: Bless Your Heart
as
Executive Producer
2023
Darienne Lake: Altered Boy
as
Executive Producer
2023
Zarna Garg: One in a Billion
as
Director
2023
Comedy of War: Laughter in Ukraine
as
Executive Producer
2023
Jim Gaffigan: Dark Pale
as
Executive Producer
2023
Icons Unearthed: Marvel
as
Producer
2023
Icons Unearthed: Fast & Furious
as
Director
2023
Discontinued
as
Director
2023
Discontinued
as
Executive Producer
2023
Discontinued
as
Creator
2023
- 2022
Cocoa Brown: Famous Enough
as
Director
2022
Helen Hong: Well Hong
as
Director
2022
John Crist: What Are We Doing?
as
Director
2022
Bill Bellamy: I Want My Life Back
as
Director
2022
Josh Gondelman: People Pleaser
as
Director
2022
Jackie Fabulous: Menoplause
as
Director
2022
Miz Cracker: Here I Stand
as
Director
2022
Katrina Davis: Figuring it Out
as
Director
2022
Maija DiGiorgio: Maija! Maija! Maija!
as
Director
2022
Kellen Erskine: Zoomed Out
as
Director
2022
(Practice) The Secret Files of Earthquake!!!
as
Director
2022
Tom Papa: What a Day!
as
Executive Producer
2022
The Beanie Bubble
as
Producer
2022
Icons Unearthed: Star Wars
as
Executive Producer
2022
Life After
as
Producer
2022
- 2021
Erica Rhodes: La Vie en Rhodes
as
Executive Producer
2021
Erica Rhodes: La Vie en Rhodes
as
Director
2021
Daniel Webb: Hoe's Parade Live at the Rose Bowl
as
Director
2021
Ester Steinberg Burning Bush
as
Director
2021
Lavell Crawford: The Comedy Vaccine
as
Director
2021
Dave Helem: DJ, the Chicago Kid
as
Director
2021
Gary Owen: Black Famous
as
Director
2021
Natasha Pearl Hansen: I Was Supposed to Get Married Today
as
Producer
2021
Pete Lee: Tall, Dark and Pleasant
as
Director
2021
Harmony McElligott: The Struggle Continues
as
Executive Producer
2021
Lewberger: Live At Lincoln Hall In Chicago
as
Producer
2021
Behind the Attraction
as
Executive Producer
2021
Behind the Attraction
as
Director
2021
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
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Executive Producer
2021
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
as
Director
2021
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
as
Creator
2021
Behind the Attraction
as
Creator
2021
- 2020
Claudia Oshry: Disgraced Queen
as
Director
2020
Claudia Oshry: Disgraced Queen
as
Producer
2020
Sebastian Maniscalco Presents: Pat McGann - When's Mom Gonna Be Home?
as
Director
2020
Sebastian Maniscalco Presents: Pat McGann - When's Mom Gonna Be Home?
as
Producer
2020
9/11: The Pentagon
as
Executive Producer
2020
Maria Bamford: Weakness Is the Brand
as
Producer
2020
Pete Davidson: Alive from New York
as
Executive Producer
2020
Tom Papa: You're Doing Great!
as
Executive Producer
2020
Jesus Trejo: Stay at Home Son
as
Director
2020
Larry the Cable Guy: Remain Seated
as
Director
2020
Eddie Pence: The (Un)special Comedy Special
as
Producer
2020
Nate: A One Man Show
as
Executive Producer
2020
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
as
Director
2020
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
as
Executive Producer
2020
Grant
as
Executive Producer
2020
Down to Earth with Zac Efron
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Executive Producer
2020
- 2019
Kittie: Live at the London Music Hall
as
Producer
2019
Gary Owen: #DoinWhatIDo
as
Director
2019
Steve Treviño: 'Til Death
as
Director
2019
Kevin Hart's Guide to Black History
as
Writer
2019
Bryan Callen: Complicated Apes
as
Director
2019
Chris Porter: A Man From Kansas
as
Director
2019
David Cross: Oh Come On
as
Executive Producer
2019
Jim Gaffigan: Quality Time
as
Executive Producer
2019
Marina Franklin: Single Black Female
as
Producer
2019
Lavell Crawford: New Look Same Funny!
as
Director
2019
Marina Franklin: Single Black Female
as
Director
2019
Alice Wetterlund: My Mama Is a Human and So Am I
as
Director
2019
Joel McHale: Live from Pyongyang
as
Director
2019
Joel McHale: Live from Pyongyang
as
Producer
2019
#IMomSoHard Live
as
Director
2019
#IMomSoHard Live
as
Executive Producer
2019
Matt Besser: Pot Humor
as
Director
2019
Arsenio Hall: Smart and Classy
as
Director
2019
Arsenio Hall: Smart and Classy
as
Executive Producer
2019
Iliza Shlesinger: Over & Over
as
Producer
2019
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John Crist: I Ain't Prayin for That
as
Director
2019
Eddie Griffin: E-Niggma
as
Producer
2019
Eddie Griffin: E-Niggma
as
Director
2019
Alice Wetterlund: My Mama Is a Human and So Am I
as
Producer
2019
Mike E. Winfield: Stepman
as
Director
2019
Preacher Lawson: Get to Know Me
as
Director
2019
The Movies That Made Us
as
Executive Producer
2019
The Movies That Made Us
as
Director
2019
The Movies That Made Us
as
Creator
2019
- 2018
Monstruo
as
Producer
2018
Owen Benjamin: Huge Pianist
as
Executive Producer
2018
Kevin Smith: Silent but Deadly
as
Director
2018
Kevin Smith: Silent but Deadly
as
Executive Producer
2018
Ali Wong: Hard Knock Wife
as
Executive Producer
2018
Tom Arnold: Past & Present Imperfectly
as
Producer
2018
Louie Anderson: Big Underwear
as
Producer
2018
Brody Stevens: Live from the Main Room
as
Producer
2018
Jim Gaffigan: Noble Ape
as
Executive Producer
2018
Henry Rollins: Keep Talking, Pal.
as
Director
2018
Jimmie JJ Walker & Michael Winslow: We Are Still Here
as
Director
2018
Henry Rollins: Keep Talking, Pal.
as
Executive Producer
2018
Demetri Martin: The Overthinker
as
Executive Producer
2018
Liz Stewart: I'm Crowning
as
Executive Producer
2018
Steve Lemme & Kevin Heffernan: The Potential Farewell Tour
as
Executive Producer
2018
Steve Lemme & Kevin Heffernan: The Potential Farewell Tour
as
Director
2018
Dennis Miller: Fake News, Real Jokes
as
Director
2018
The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir
as
Executive Producer
2018
Slut in a Good Way
as
Executive Producer
2018
- 2017
Craig Ferguson: Tickle Fight
as
Executive Producer
2017
Lavell Crawford: Home for the Holidays
as
Director
2017
Bob Saget: Zero to Sixty
as
Executive Producer
2017
There's... Johnny!
as
Executive Producer
2017
The Toys That Made Us
as
Director
2017
The Toys That Made Us
as
Executive Producer
2017
The Toys That Made Us
as
Creator
2017
- 2016
Matt Besser: Besser Breaks The Record
as
Executive Producer
2016
Cameron Esposito: Marriage Material
as
Executive Producer
2016
Michael Ian Black: Noted Expert
as
Executive Producer
2016
Ali Wong: Baby Cobra
as
Executive Producer
2016
Mo Mandel: Negative Reinforcement
as
Executive Producer
2016
Joey Coco Diaz: Sociably UnAcceptable
as
Executive Producer
2016
Aries Spears: Comedy Blueprint
as
Executive Producer
2016
Tom Papa: Human Mule
as
Executive Producer
2016
Nick Thune: Good Guy
as
Executive Producer
2016
Steve-O: Guilty as Charged
as
Executive Producer
2016
Waiting on Mary
as
Executive Producer
2016
- 2015
Demetri Martin: Live (At The Time)
as
Executive Producer
2015
Colin Quinn: Unconstitutional
as
Executive Producer
2015
Craig Ferguson: Just Being Honest
as
Executive Producer
2015
Lisa Lampanelli: Back to the Drawing Board
as
Executive Producer
2015
Iliza Shlesinger: Freezing Hot
as
Executive Producer
2015
Kevin Hart Presents: Plastic Cup Boyz
as
Executive Producer
2015
Brooks McBeth: This Ain't Shakespeare
as
Executive Producer
2015
Lil Rel Howery: RELevent
as
Executive Producer
2015
Bill Hicks: Reflections
as
Executive Producer
2015
Gina Brillon: Pacifically Speaking
as
Executive Producer
2015
- 2014
- 2013
Bo Burnham: What.
as
Executive Producer
2013
Brian Posehn: The Fartist
as
Executive Producer
2013
Tom Papa: Freaked Out
as
Executive Producer
2013
F#Ck Nick Cannon
as
Executive Producer
2013
Kathleen Madigan: Madigan Again
as
Executive Producer
2013
Mike Birbiglia: My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
as
Executive Producer
2013
Iliza Shlesinger: War Paint
as
Executive Producer
2013
Rob Schneider: Soy Sauce and the Holocaust
as
Executive Producer
2013
- 2012
Jim Norton: Please Be Offended
as
Executive Producer
2012
That Guy... Who Was in That Thing
as
Executive Producer
2012
Tom Rhodes: Light, Sweet, Crude
as
Executive Producer
2012
D.L. Hughley: Reset
as
Executive Producer
2012
Louie Anderson: Big Baby Boomer
as
Executive Producer
2012
Maria Bamford: The Special Special Special!
as
Executive Producer
2012
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CC:Stand-Up: The Bonnaroo Experience
as
Executive Producer
2012
- 2011
- 2008
- 2007
- 2005
- 2003
- 2002
