The filmography and discography of Brian Volk-Weiss consists of numerous stand-up specials, comedy albums, films, and television shows. Volk-Weiss has largely acted as a producer or executive producer on these projects in his role as CEO of the production and distribution company, Comedy Dynamics. He has also directed select stand-up specials and television episodes, including those for his own Netflix series, The Toys That Made Us. Over the course of his career, Volk-Weiss has served as a producer for comedy albums and stand-up specials for many comedians, including Jim Gaffigan, Kevin Hart, Ali Wong, Tom Segura, Marc Maron, Doug Stanhope, D.L. Hughley, Bob Saget, Tiffany Haddish, Bill Burr, Brian Posehn, Mike Birbiglia, Kathleen Madigan, and numerous others. Two comedy albums he has produced (Louis C.K.: Live at Madison Square Garden and Dave Chappelle's The Age of Spin & Deep in the Heart of Texas) have gone on to win the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album.
Filmography
Director + List of director credits showing title and year released Year Title Notes 2015–2022 Coming To The Stage Hulu (2015–17; segment director for 5 episodes)Pluto TV (2018–present)Comedy Dynamics Network (2019–present; director of episode 8.1) 2017– present The Toys That Made Us Netflix; directed 4 episodes, 2 episodes in pre-production 2017 Lavell Crawford: Home for the Holidays Showtime stand-up special U.S. Grant: American Warrior History TV documentary film 2018 Discontinued Back-door television pilot for The CW Backseat Comics Microsoft Mixer; directed 12 episodes Kevin Smith: Silent But Deadly Showtime stand-up special Jimmie JJ Walker & Michael Winslow: We Are Still Here Comedy Dynamics stand-up special Henry Rollins: Keep Talking, Pal Showtime stand-up special Dennis Miller: Fake News, Real Jokes Comedy Dynamics stand-up special Steve Lemme & Kevin Heffernan: The Potential Farewell Tour Comedy Dynamics stand-up special 2019 Joel McHale: Live from Pyongyang Comedy Dynamics stand-up special; completed Howie Mandel Presents: Howie Mandel at the Howie Mandel Comedy Club Showtime stand-up special Steve Treviño: 'Til Death Comedy Dynamics stand-up special Bryan Callen: Complicated Apes Comedy Dynamics stand-up special Chris Porter: A Man from Kansas Comedy Dynamics stand-up special Marina Franklin: Single Black Female Comedy Dynamics stand-up special Lavell Crawford: New Look, Same Funny! Showtime stand-up special Mike E. Winfield: Stepman Amazon stand-up special Alice Wetterlund: My Mama Is a Human and So Am I Amazon stand-up special #IMomSoHard Live Amazon stand-up special Gary Owen: #DoinWhatIDo Showtime stand-up special Matt Besser: Pot Humor Comedy Dynamics stand-up special Arsenio Hall: Smart and Classy Netflix stand-up special Preacher Lawson: Get To Know Me BET+ stand-up special Eddie Griffin: E-Niggma Showtime stand-up special John Crist: I Ain't Prayin' for That Netflix stand-up special; completed 2019–2021 The Movies That Made Us Netflix series; directed all 16 episodes 2020 Maria Bamford: Weakness is the Brand Comedy Dynamics stand-up special Larry the Cable Guy: Remain Seated Comedy Dynamics stand-up special Dan Cummins: Get Outta Here; Devil! Comedy Dynamics stand-up special Jesus Trejo: Stay At Home Son Showtime stand-up special Gina Brillon: The Floor is Lava Amazon stand-up special Claudia Oshry: Disgraced Queen Comedy Dynamics stand-up special Sebastian Maniscalco presents Pat McGann: When's Mom Gonna Be Home TV special All The Way Black BET+ series; directed 3 episodes 2020–2023 A Toy Store Near You Nacelle Company docuseries; directed 25 episodes 2021Dave Helem: DJ, the Chicago Kid TV special Ester Steinberg: Burning Bush TV special Daniel Webb: Hoe's Parade Live at the Rose Bowl TV special Erica Rhodes: La Vie en Rhodes TV special Lavell Crawford: The Comedy Vaccine TV movie The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek TV series documentary; directed all 11 episodes Gary Owen: Black Famous TV special2021 - 2023Behind the AttractionDisney+ docuseries; directed all 10 episodes 2022 Cocoa Brown: Famous Enough TV specialHelen Hong: Well HongTV special Jon Crist: What Are We Doing TV specialBill Bellamy: I Want My Life Back TV specialJosh Gondelman: People PleaserTV special Jackie Fabulous: MenoplauseTV specialSteven Michael Quezada: The New Mexican TV specialMiz Cracker: Here I StandTV special Katrina Davis: Figuring It OutTV special Maija DiGiorgio: Maija! Maija! Maija! TV specialKellen Erskine: Zoomed OutTV special2022–presentIcons UnearthedVice TV TV series, 27 episodes
Season 1: Star Wars (2022) Season 2: The Simpsons (2022) Season 3: Fast & Furious (2023) Season 4: Marvel (2023) Season 5: James Bond (2023) Season 6: Batman (2024) Season 7: The Lord of the Rings (2024) Season 8: Spider-Man (2024) Season 9: Harry Potter (2024) Season 10: Tom Cruise (2024) 2023DiscontinuedMaximum Effort TV series Peppermint: So-SIGH-ety EffectsTV specialLavell Crawford: THEE Lavell CrawfordTV special Darienne Lake: Altered BoyTV specialGinger Minj: Bless Your HeartTV specialBebe Zahara Benet: Africa Is Not a CountryTV specialJinkx Monsoon: Red Head RedemptionTV specialZarna Garg: One in a BillionTV specialMonét X Change: Fist of GloryTV specialHank Chen: I'm Not Supposed To Be HereTV specialJose Velasquez Hoozay: The SalvadoranTV specialSubhah Agarwal: Airport PigeonTV specialKevin James Thornton: Be YourselfTV specialMalik Bazille: Who's Ya HomegirlTV special2024 Up For Auction The CW TV seriesKim McVicar: Female ComedianTV specialCara Connors: Straight For PayTV specialRachel Scanlon: Gay FantasyTV specialSarah Hester Ross: Don't Mess with A RedheadTV specialEdgar Rivera: Inbelievable TV specialSamantha Ruddy: Baseball MomTV specialBilly Corgan's Adventures in CarnylandThe CW TV seriesBilly Sorrells: Toxic AFTV special Lavell Crawford: I Could Eat Part 1Post-production; TV specialUntitled Paul Reiser Special Post-production; TV special TBA Biker Mice from MarsPre-production; TV seriesRobo Force: The Animated SeriesPre-production; TV series
Producer
Film
+YearTitleRoleNotes1999Spiral Producer Short Film 2000Cast AwayProduction assistantUncredited2002The Gray in BetweenProducer20038 GuysProducerShort film2006Employee of the MonthProducer2007Good Luck ChuckProducerAlpha MailExecutive Producer2008My Best Friend's GirlProducer2012That Guy...Who Was In That ThingExecutive producerDocumentary2014Are You Joking?Executive in ChargeVideo-on-demand2015Bill Hicks: ReflectionsExecutive producerDocumentary shortAdventures in ComedyExecutive producerDocumentaryThat Gal...Who Was in That Thing: That Guy 2Executive producerDocumentary2016Sam Kinison: The Scream ContinuesExecutive producerDocumentary8989 RedstoneProducerChee and TExecutive producerComedy Dynamics NetworkEar Buds: The Podcasting DocumentaryExecutive producerDocumentary, Comedy Dynamics Network 2017Bear With UsExecutive producerComedy Dynamics NetworkGrassExecutive producerComedy Dynamics NetworkWaiting on MaryExecutive producerComedy Dynamics NetworkThe MixExecutive producerComedy Dynamics Network(Romance) in the Digital AgeExecutive producerComedy Dynamics NetworkDoug Stanhope's The UnbookablesExecutive producerDocumentary, Comedy Dynamics Network 2018Poop TalkExecutive producerDocumentary, Comedy Dynamics NetworkGame OnExecutive producerComedy Dynamics NetworkKing CnutExecutive producerDocumentary, Comedy Dynamics NetworkFury of the Fist and the Golden FleeceExecutive producerComedy Dynamics NetworkOut on StageExecutive producerComedy Dynamics Network 2019Ruta MadreExecutive producerComedy Dynamics Network The Social Ones Executive producer Comedy Dynamics Network Lost Holiday Executive producer Comedy Dynamics Network Bruce Executive producer Comedy Dynamics NetworkEye of the Beholder: The Art of Dungeons & DragonsExecutive producerDocumentary, Comedy Dynamics Network 1/2 New Year Executive producer Comedy Dynamics Network2020 Seven Short Films About (Our) Marriage Producer - Never Be Done: The Richard Glen Lett Story Producer Documentary Blunderpuss Producer - Mentally Al Producer - Eddie Pence's (Un)Special Comedy Special Producer - Brash Boys Club Producer - Antarctica Producer - Brian Aylward: Big in Asia Producer Comedy Dynamics stand-up special2022The Beanie BubbleProducerDocumentary2023Small Town StrongExecutive ProducerDocumentary TBA Igniting the Spark, The Story of Magic: The Gathering Executive producer In Production; Documentary
Television