Robert K. Weiss

Robert K. Weiss is an American film and television producer. His productions include films by director John Landis, producer Lorne Michaels and the "Z. A. Z." team of Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker. He also co-created the science-fiction TV series Sliders. He is a graduate of Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Robert K. Weiss
Weiss in 2013
Occupation(s)	Film and television producer

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 (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, actor (uncredited)
• UHF (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 33+1⁄3: 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 (1996): executive producer
• A Night at the Roxbury (1998): executive producer
• Superstar (1999): executive producer
• The Ladies Man (2000): executive producer
• Scary Movie 3 (2003): producer
• Scary Movie 4 (2006): producer
• Superhero Movie (2008): producer

External links

• Robert K. Weiss at IMDb