Jason Woliner

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Jason Woliner (born June 1, 1980) is an American director, writer and a former child actor. He is best known for being in the sketch comedy show Human Giant, as a non-performing member who instead worked behind the scenes as director. Woliner won a Golden Globe award for directing Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.

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Early life and education 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. WTF With Marc Maron Episode 455: Jason Woliner His first acting credit was at age nine, appearing in Weekend at Bernie's.

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Career 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 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.

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, and won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture with Sacha Baron Cohen. In 2023, Woliner directed Paul T. Goldman, a hybrid documentary-comedy series for Peacock.

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Filmography

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Film

+Films directed, written, or produced by Jason Woliner
2006	Other Music
2007	An Evening with P. Oswalt
2014	Food Club
2020	Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

+Acting roles by Jason Woliner
1989	Weekend at Bernie's	Bratty Kid
1990		Matt
1996	Bullet	Young Boy #3 - Buck Teeth
2014	Food Club	Captain Woliner

Special thanks

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

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Television

+Television work by Jason Woliner
1989–1991	Shining Time Station					Matt Jones; 22 episodes
2005–2010	Shutterbugs					11 episodes
2007–2008	Human Giant					14 episodes
2009	The Electric Company					Episode: "Scent of a Human"
	Delocated					Episode: "Pilot"
	Aziz Ansari					3 episodes
2009–2010	Parks and Recreation					3 episodes
2010	Funny or Die Presents					6 episodes
	Players					10 episodes
2011	Saturday Night Live					Episode: "Ed Helms/Paul Simon"
	Jon Benjamin Has a Van					2 episodes
	Eagleheart					25 episodes
2012	New Girl					Episode: "Menzies"
2013	Good Morning Tri-State					Television short
	Nathan for You					2 episodes
2014	Dinner with Friends with Brett Gelman and Friends					Television short
	Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories					7 episodes
2015	The Jack and Triumph Show					6 episodes
	W/ Bob & David					4 episodes
	Master of None					10 episodes
2015–2018	The Last Man on Earth					12 episodes
2019	What We Do in the Shadows					2 episodes
	Trade Show Show					6 episodes
2023	Paul T. Goldman					6 episodes
2024	St. Denis Medical					Episode: "Salamat You Too"
2025	Adults					2 episodes

+TV specials by Jason Woliner
2009
2010	Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening
	MTV Movie & TV Awards
2011
2012

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External links

• A.V. Club interview with Human Giant
• Human Giant site

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