Jason Woliner

American comedian

Jason Woliner

Woliner in July 2011

Born|

Jason Woliner

(1980-06-01) June 1, 1980 (age 43)

New York City, U.S.

Occupation(s)| Director, writer, actor
Years active| 1989–present

Jason Woliner is an American director,[1] writer and a former child actor. He was the non-performing member of the comedy group Human Giant and directed the bulk of their output. After that, he directed, co-wrote, and acted as showrunner on the cult Adult Swim series Eagleheart starring Chris Elliott. Woliner has directed episodes of Fox's The Last Man on Earth, NBC's Parks and Recreation, and Comedy Central's Nathan for You and Jon Benjamin Has a Van, among others. In 2020, he directed Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.

## Early life and acting career[edit]

Woliner attended Pelham Memorial High School and for higher study at Sarah Lawrence College from 1998 to 2000 before dropping out to pursue a directing career.[2]

## Directing career[edit]

After leaving school, Woliner began making films and videos, both on his own and with comedians in New York, which led to the formation of Human Giant. The first three Human Giant videos ("Shutterbugs", "Illusionators", and the "Shittiest Mixtape Boombox Blast") caught the eyes of executives at MTV, who offered the group a pilot. The show ran for two seasons.

He has collaborated with writer-performer Brett Gelman on a series of horror/comedy specials for Adult Swim. The first of these, titled Dinner with Friends with Brett Gelman and Friends, aired in April 2014, and the second special, titled Dinner with Family with Brett Gelman and Brett Gelman's Family, aired in February 2015. The third special, Brett Gelman's Dinner in America, aired in July 2016. Woliner and Gelman wrote the specials together; Gelman stars and Woliner directed.

In 2020, he directed the comedy film Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.[3]

In 2023, Woliner directed Paul T. Goldman, a hybrid documentary-comedy series for Peacock.[4]

## Filmography[edit]

### Film[edit]

Films directed, written, or produced by Jason Woliner  Year  | Title  | Director  | Writer  | Producer

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2006  | Other Music | Yes  | No  | No
2007  | An Evening with P. Oswalt | Yes  | No  | No
2014  | Food Club | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
2020  | Borat Subsequent Moviefilm[5] | Yes  | No  | No
Acting roles by Jason Woliner  Year  | Title  | Role

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1989  | Weekend at Bernie's | Bratty Kid
1990  | Shining Time Station: 'Tis a Gift | Matt
1996  | Bullet | Young Boy #3 - Buck Teeth
2014  | Food Club | Captain Woliner

Special thanks

* Origin Story (2018)
* Mister America (2019)

### Television[edit]

Television work by Jason Woliner  Year  | Title  | Director  | Writer  | Producer  | Editor  | Notes

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1989–91  | Shining Time Station | No  | No  | No  | No  | Matt Jones; 22 episodes
2005–10  | Shutterbugs | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | 11 episodes
2007–08  | Human Giant | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | 14 episodes
2009  | The Electric Company | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | Episode: "Scent of a Human"
Delocated | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | Episode: "Pilot"
Raaaaaaaandy! | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | 3 episodes
2009–10  | Parks and Recreation | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | 3 episodes
2010  | Funny or Die Presents | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | 6 episodes
Players | Yes  | No  | Yes  | No  | 10 episodes
2011  | Saturday Night Live | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | Episode: "Ed Helms/Paul Simon"
Jon Benjamin Has a Van | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | 2 episodes
Eagleheart | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | 25 episodes[6]
2012  | New Girl | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | Episode: "Menzies"
2013  | Good Morning Tri-State | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | Television short
Nathan for You | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | 2 episodes
2014  | Dinner with Friends with Brett Gelman and Friends | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | Television short
Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | 7 episodes
2015  | The Jack and Triumph Show | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | 6 episodes
W/ Bob & David | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | 4 episodes
Master of None | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | 10 episodes
2015–18  | The Last Man on Earth | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | 12 episodes
2019  | What We Do in the Shadows | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | 2 episodes
Trade Show Show | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | 6 episodes
2023  | Paul T. Goldman | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | 6 episodes[7]
TV specials by Jason Woliner  Year  | Title  | Director  | Writer  | Producer  | Editor

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2009  | Patton Oswalt: My Weakness Is Strong | Yes  | No  | No  | Yes
2010  | Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening | Yes  | No  | No  | Yes
MTV Movie & TV Awards | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No
2011  | Patton Oswalt: Finest Hour | Yes  | No  | No  | No
2012  | Aziz Ansari: Dangerously Delicious | Yes  | No  | No  | No

## References[edit]

1. ^ Al-Ghamdi, Abdullah (2022-12-12). "Borat 2's Director Has A New Peacock Show (& It's Really Weird)". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
2. ^ WTF With Marc Maron Episode 455: Jason Woliner
3. ^ "Director Jason Woliner on 'Paul T. Goldman' and 'Borat' Sequel".
4. ^ White, Peter (May 11, 2022). "'Borat' Sequel Director Jason Woliner Lands Straight-To-Series Mystery At Peacock; Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg Among EPs". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
5. ^ Hibberd, James (2022-05-11). "'Borat' Director Jason Woliner Lands Mysterious Peacock Series 10 Years in the Making". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
6. ^ "5 Lessons In Creating Comedy For TV, From Writer-Director Jason Woliner".
7. ^ EDT, Deena ElGenaidi Wednesday 5/11/2022 at 5:58PM (2022-05-11). "Peacock Plays Coy With 'Mind-Bending' Series From Borat Sequel Director Jason Woliner". primetimer.com. Retrieved 2023-10-22.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

## External links[edit]

* Jason Woliner at IMDb
* A.V. Club interview with Human Giant
* Human Giant site

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Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

1950s

* An American in Paris – Vincente Minnelli and Arthur Freed (1951)
* With a Song in My Heart – Walter Lang and Lamar Trotti (1952)
* No Award (1953)
* Carmen Jones – Otto Preminger (1954)
* Guys and Dolls – Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Samuel Goldwyn (1955)
* The King and I – Walter Lang, Charles Brackett, and Darryl F. Zanuck (1956)
* Les Girls – George Cukor, Saul Chaplin, and Sol C. Siegel (1957)
* Gigi – Vincente Minnelli and Arthur Freed / Auntie Mame – Morton DaCosta (1958)
* Porgy and Bess – Otto Preminger and Samuel Goldwyn / Some Like It Hot – Billy Wilder (1959)

1960s

* Song Without End – George Cukor, Charles Vidor, and William Goetz / The Apartment – Billy Wilder (1960)
* West Side Story – Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise / A Majority of One – Mervyn LeRoy (1961)
* The Music Man – Morton DaCosta / That Touch of Mink – Delbert Mann, Robert Arthur, Martin Melcher, Edward Muhl, and Stanley Shapiro (1962)
* Tom Jones – Tony Richardson, Michael Balcon, Michael Holden, and Oscar Lewenstein (1963)
* My Fair Lady – George Cukor and Jack L. Warner (1964)
* The Sound of Music – Robert Wise (1965)
* The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming – Norman Jewison (1966)
* The Graduate – Mike Nichols, Joseph E. Levine, and Lawrence Turman (1967)
* Oliver! – Carol Reed and John Woolf (1968)
* The Secret of Santa Vittoria – Stanley Kramer and George Glass (1969)

1970s

* M*A*S*H – Robert Altman and Ingo Preminger (1970)
* Fiddler on the Roof – Norman Jewison (1971)
* Cabaret – Bob Fosse and Cy Feuer (1972)
* American Graffiti – George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, and Gary Kurtz (1973)
* The Longest Yard – Robert Aldrich and Albert S. Ruddy (1974)
* The Sunshine Boys – Herbert Ross and Ray Stark (1975)
* A Star Is Born – Frank Pierson and Jon Peters (1976)
* The Goodbye Girl – Herbert Ross and Ray Stark (1977)
* Heaven Can Wait – Warren Beatty and Buck Henry (1978)
* Breaking Away – Peter Yates and Steve Tesich (1979)

1980s

* Coal Miner's Daughter – Michael Apted and Bernard Schwartz (1980)
* Arthur – Steve Gordon (1981)
* Tootsie – Sydney Pollack and Dick Richards (1982)
* Yentl – Barbra Streisand, Larry DeWaay, and Rusty Lemorande (1983)
* Romancing the Stone – Robert Zemeckis and Michael Douglas (1984)
* Prizzi's Honor – John Huston and John Foreman (1985)
* Hannah and Her Sisters – Woody Allen and Robert Greenhut (1986)
* Hope and Glory – John Boorman and Michael Dryhurst (1987)
* Working Girl – Mike Nichols and Douglas Wick (1988)
* Driving Miss Daisy – Bruce Beresford, Lili Fini Zanuck, and Richard D. Zanuck (1989)

1990s

* Green Card – Peter Weir (1990)
* Beauty and the Beast – Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise, and Don Hahn (1991)
* The Player – Robert Altman, David Brown, Michael Tolkin, and Nick Wechsler (1992)
* Mrs. Doubtfire – Chris Columbus, Marsha Garces, Mark Radcliffe, and Robin Williams (1993)
* The Lion King – Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff, and Don Hahn (1994)
* Babe – Chris Noonan, Catherine Barber, Philip Hearnshaw, Bill Miller, George Miller, Doug Mitchell, and Daphne Paris (1995)
* Evita – Alan Parker and Robert Stigwood (1996)
* As Good as It Gets – James L. Brooks, Bridget Johnson, and Kristi Zea (1997)
* Shakespeare in Love – John Madden, Donna Gigliotti, Marc Norman, David Parfitt, Harvey Weinstein, and Edward Zwick (1998)
* Toy Story 2 – John Lasseter, Karen Robert Jackson, and Helene Plotkin (1999)

2000s

* Almost Famous – Cameron Crowe and Ian Bryce (2000)
* Moulin Rouge! – Baz Luhrmann, Fred Baron, and Martin Brown (2001)
* Chicago – Rob Marshall, Meryl Poster, Martin Richards, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, and Craig Zadan (2002)
* Lost in Translation – Sofia Coppola and Ross Katz (2003)
* Sideways – Alexander Payne and Michael London (2004)
* Walk the Line – James Mangold, James Keach, and Cathy Konrad (2005)
* Dreamgirls – Bill Condon and Laurence Mark (2006)
* Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Tim Burton, John Logan, Laurie MacDonald, Walter F. Parkes, and Richard D. Zanuck (2007)
* Vicky Cristina Barcelona – Woody Allen, Letty Aronson, Jaume Roures, Stephen Tenenbaum, and Gareth Wiley (2008)
* The Hangover – Todd Phillips and Daniel Goldberg (2009)

2010s

* The Kids Are All Right – Lisa Cholodenko, Gary Gilbert, Jeff Levy-Hinte, and Celine Rattray (2010)
* The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius and Thomas Langmann (2011)
* Les Misérables – Tom Hooper, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, and Cameron Mackintosh (2012)
* American Hustle – David O. Russell, Charles Roven, Megan Ellison, Richard Suckle, and Jonathan Gordon (2013)
* The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson, Jeremy Dawson, Steven Rales, and Scott Rudin (2014)
* The Martian – Ridley Scott, Simon Kinberg, Michael Schaefer, Aditya Sood, and Mark Huffam (2015)
* La La Land – Damien Chazelle, Fred Berger, Gary Gilbert, Jordan Horowitz, and Marc Platt (2016)
* Lady Bird – Greta Gerwig, Eli Bush, Evelyn O'Neill, and Scott Rudin (2017)
* Green Book – Peter Farrelly, Jim Burke, Charles B. Wessler, Brian Hayes Currie, and Nick Vallelonga (2018)
* Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Quentin Tarantino, David Heyman, and Shannon McIntosh (2019)

2020s

* Borat Subsequent Moviefilm – Jason Woliner, Sacha Baron Cohen, Monica Levinson, and Anthony Hines (2020)
* West Side Story – Steven Spielberg, Kristie Macosko Krieger, and Kevin McCollum (2021)
* The Banshees of Inisherin – Martin McDonagh, Graham Broadbent, and Peter Czernin (2022)

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