{{short description|American film and television producer}} {{BLP sources|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = <!-- defaults to article title when left blank --> | image = Robert K Weiss.jpg | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = Weiss in 2013 | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living people supply only the year with {{Birth year and age|YYYY}} unless the exact date is already widely published, as per WP:DOB. For people who have died, use {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}}. --> | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | nationality = <!-- use only when necessary per WP:INFONAT --> | other_names = | occupation = Producer | years_active = 1977–2014 | known_for = | notable_works = }} '''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''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ward |first=Cassidy |date=2024-03-18 |title=What's the Latest on a Sliders Revival? Could it Return? Everything we Know |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/verything-we-know-about-a-potential-sliders-reboot |access-date=2026-04-06 |website=SYFY |language=en-US}}</ref> He is a graduate of Southern Illinois University Carbondale.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=6937 |title=The Making of The Blues Brothers |date=2011-07-28 |last=Siegel |first=Robert |language=en |access-date=2026-04-06 |via=www.blu-ray.com}}</ref>
Weiss has been the President and Vice Chairman of the X Prize Foundation since 1996.
==Filmography== '''Producer''' * ''Kentucky Fried Movie'' (1977) * ''The Blues Brothers'' (1980)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldberg |first=Reid |date=2024-01-21 |title='The Blues Brothers' Was a Nightmarish, Drug-Fueled Romp Behind the Scenes |url=https://collider.com/the-blues-brothers-movie-production-history/ |access-date=2026-04-06 |website=Collider |language=en}}</ref> * ''Police Squad!'' (TV series, 1982) * ''Doctor Detroit'' (1983) * ''The Compleat Al'' (made for video, 1985) Also writer and director ("Dare to Be Stupid," "Like a Surgeon," "One More Minute", "This Is the Life") * ''Dragnet'' (1987) * ''Amazon Women on the Moon'' (1987) Also 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)<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Olster |first=Stacey Michele |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Trash_Phenomenon/dfXvm_WffM0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Robert+K.+Weiss&pg=PA268&printsec=frontcover |title=The Trash Phenomenon: Contemporary Literature, Popular Culture, and the Making of the American Century |date=2003 |publisher=University of Georgia Press |isbn=978-0-8203-2521-7 |language=en}}</ref> * ''Crazy People'' (1990) * ''Nothing but Trouble'' (1991) * ''The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear'' (1991)<ref name=":0" /> * ''Naked Gun {{frac|33|1|3}}: The Final Insult'' (1994)<ref name=":0" /> * ''Scary Movie 3'' (2003) * ''Scary Movie 4'' (2006) * ''Superhero Movie'' (2008)
'''Executive producer''' * ''Weird Science'' (TV series, 1994–1997) * ''Sliders'' (TV series, 1995–2000) Also co-creator and executive consultant (seasons 2–3) * ''Tommy Boy'' (1995) * ''Black Sheep'' (1996) * ''A Night at the Roxbury'' (1998) * ''Superstar'' (1999) * ''The Ladies Man'' (2000)
'''2nd unit director''' * ''The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!'' (1988) * ''Crazy People'' (1990) * ''The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear'' (1991) * ''Naked Gun {{frac|33|1|3}}: The Final Insult'' (1994) * ''Sliders'' (TV series, 1995) (pilot) * ''Tommy Boy'' (1995)
'''Actor''' * ''Kentucky Fried Movie'' (1977) * ''The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!'' (1988) * ''UHF'' (1989) * ''Nothing but Trouble'' (1991) * ''Crazy People'' (1990) * ''The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear'' (1991) * ''Naked Gun {{frac|33|1|3}}: The Final Insult'' (1994) * ''Tommy Boy'' (1995)
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0919154}}
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