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. Weiss has been the President and Vice Chairman of the X Prize Foundation since 1996. In the film Blues Brothers 2000, the name of Robert K. Weiss is mentioned (to the confusion of Donald "Duck" Dunn) in a speech by Elwood Blues as the final name in a long list of legendary blues and soul artists that Elwood names to convince his band not to quit. This is presumably a reference to how Weiss convinced Dan Aykroyd (who portrayed Elwood) and director John Landis not to quit the film. 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 : 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, 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