Brian Volk-Weiss
Known For: Production
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: May 28, 1976 (49 years old)
Place of Birth: Queens, New York, USA
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.
2024
Director
Cara Connors: Straight for Pay
Director
Jose Velasquez: Hoozay the Salvadoran
Producer
Kim McVicar: Female Comedian
Director
Kim McVicar: Female Comedian
Director
Rachel Scanlon: Gay Fantasy
Director
Billy Sorrells: Toxic AF
Producer
Kylie Brakeman: Linda Hollywood’s Big Night
Executive Producer
Tom Papa: Home Free
Director
Subhah Agarwal: Airport Pigeon
2023
Director
Hank Chen: I'm Not Supposed to Be Here
Director
Kevin James Thornton: Be Yourself
Producer
Maria Bamford: Local Act
Producer
Bill Engvall: Here's Your Sign It's Finally Time It's My Last Show
Director
Darienne Lake: Altered Boy
Director
BeBe Zahara Benet: Africa Is Not a Country
Director
Ginger Minj: Bless Your Heart
Director
Jinkx Monsoon: Red Head Redemption
Director
Monét X Change: Fist of Glory
Director
Peppermint: So-SIGH-ety Effects
Producer
Peppermint: So-SIGH-ety Effects
Executive Producer
Jinkx Monsoon: Red Head Redemption
Executive Producer
Ginger Minj: Bless Your Heart
Executive Producer
Darienne Lake: Altered Boy
Director
Zarna Garg: One in a Billion
Executive Producer
Comedy of War: Laughter in Ukraine
Executive Producer
Jim Gaffigan: Dark Pale
2022
Director
Cocoa Brown: Famous Enough
Director
Helen Hong: Well Hong
Director
John Crist: What Are We Doing?
Director
Bill Bellamy: I Want My Life Back
Director
Josh Gondelman: People Pleaser
Director
Jackie Fabulous: Menoplause
Director
Miz Cracker: Here I Stand
Director
Katrina Davis: Figuring it Out
Director
Maija DiGiorgio: Maija! Maija! Maija!
Director
Kellen Erskine: Zoomed Out
Director
(Practice) The Secret Files of Earthquake!!!
Executive Producer
Tom Papa: What a Day!
Producer
The Beanie Bubble
2021
Executive Producer
Erica Rhodes: La Vie en Rhodes
Director
Erica Rhodes: La Vie en Rhodes
Director
Daniel Webb: Hoe's Parade Live at the Rose Bowl
Director
Ester Steinberg Burning Bush
Director
Lavell Crawford: The Comedy Vaccine
Director
Dave Helem: DJ, the Chicago Kid
Director
Gary Owen: Black Famous
Producer
Natasha Pearl Hansen: I Was Supposed to Get Married Today
Director
Pete Lee: Tall, Dark and Pleasant
Executive Producer
Harmony McElligott: The Struggle Continues
Producer
Lewberger: Live At Lincoln Hall In Chicago
2020
Director
Claudia Oshry: Disgraced Queen
Producer
Claudia Oshry: Disgraced Queen
Director
Sebastian Maniscalco Presents: Pat McGann - When's Mom Gonna Be Home?
Producer
Sebastian Maniscalco Presents: Pat McGann - When's Mom Gonna Be Home?
Executive Producer
9/11: The Pentagon
Producer
Maria Bamford: Weakness Is the Brand
Executive Producer
Pete Davidson: Alive from New York
Executive Producer
Tom Papa: You're Doing Great!
Director
Jesus Trejo: Stay at Home Son
Director
Larry The Cable Guy: Remain Seated
Producer
Eddie Pence: The (Un)special Comedy Special
Executive Producer
Nate: A One Man Show
2019
Producer
Kittie: Live at the London Music Hall
Director
Gary Owen: #DoinWhatIDo
Director
Steve Treviño: 'Til Death
Writer
Kevin Hart's Guide to Black History
Director
Bryan Callen: Complicated Apes
Director
Chris Porter: A Man From Kansas
Executive Producer
David Cross: Oh Come On
Executive Producer
Jim Gaffigan: Quality Time
Producer
Marina Franklin: Single Black Female
Director
Lavell Crawford: New Look Same Funny!
Director
Marina Franklin: Single Black Female
Director
Alice Wetterlund: My Mama Is a Human and So Am I
Director
Joel McHale: Live from Pyongyang
Producer
Joel McHale: Live from Pyongyang
Director
#IMomSoHard Live
Executive Producer
#IMomSoHard Live
Director
Matt Besser: Pot Humor
Director
Arsenio Hall: Smart and Classy
Executive Producer
Arsenio Hall: Smart and Classy
Producer
Iliza Shlesinger: Over & Over
Director
John Crist: I Ain't Prayin for That
Producer
Eddie Griffin: E-Niggma
Director
Eddie Griffin: E-Niggma
Producer
Alice Wetterlund: My Mama Is a Human and So Am I
Director
Mike E. Winfield: Stepman
2018
Producer
Monstruo
Executive Producer
Owen Benjamin: Huge Pianist
Director
Kevin Smith: Silent but Deadly
Executive Producer
Kevin Smith: Silent but Deadly
Executive Producer
Ali Wong: Hard Knock Wife
Producer
Tom Arnold: Past & Present Imperfectly
Producer
Louie Anderson: Big Underwear
Producer
Brody Stevens: Live from the Main Room
Executive Producer
Jim Gaffigan: Noble Ape
Director
Henry Rollins: Keep Talking, Pal.
Director
Jimmie JJ Walker & Michael Winslow: We Are Still Here
Executive Producer
Henry Rollins: Keep Talking, Pal.
Executive Producer
Demetri Martin: The Overthinker
Executive Producer
Liz Stewart: I'm Crowning
Executive Producer
Steve Lemme & Kevin Heffernan: The Potential Farewell Tour
Director
Steve Lemme & Kevin Heffernan: The Potential Farewell Tour
Director
Dennis Miller: Fake News, Real Jokes
Executive Producer
The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir
2017
2016
Executive Producer
Matt Besser: Besser Breaks The Record
Executive Producer
Cameron Esposito: Marriage Material
Executive Producer
Michael Ian Black: Noted Expert
Executive Producer
Ali Wong: Baby Cobra
Executive Producer
Mo Mandel: Negative Reinforcement
Executive Producer
Joey Coco Diaz: Sociably UnAcceptable
Executive Producer
Aries Spears: Comedy Blueprint
Executive Producer
Tom Papa: Human Mule
Executive Producer
Nick Thune: Good Guy
Executive Producer
Steve-O: Guilty as Charged
Executive Producer
Waiting on Mary
2015
Executive Producer
Demetri Martin: Live (At The Time)
Executive Producer
Colin Quinn: Unconstitutional
Executive Producer
Craig Ferguson: Just Being Honest
Executive Producer
Lisa Lampanelli: Back to the Drawing Board
Executive Producer
Iliza Shlesinger: Freezing Hot
Executive Producer
Kevin Hart Presents: Plastic Cup Boyz
Executive Producer
Brooks McBeth: This Ain't Shakespeare
Executive Producer
Lil Rel Howery: RELevent
Executive Producer
Bill Hicks: Reflections
Executive Producer
Gina Brillon: Pacifically Speaking
2014
2013
Executive Producer
Bo Burnham: What.
Executive Producer
Brian Posehn: The Fartist
Executive Producer
Tom Papa: Freaked Out
Executive Producer
F#Ck Nick Cannon
Executive Producer
Kathleen Madigan: Madigan Again
Executive Producer
Mike Birbiglia: My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
Executive Producer
Iliza Shlesinger: War Paint
Executive Producer
Rob Schneider: Soy Sauce and the Holocaust
