Victor Varnado
In television Victor Varnado produced for VH1’s Love and Hip Hop franchise, Leave it to Stevie starring Stevie J, and held senior producing positions for shows on networks including Comedy Central, TruTV and The History Channel. Victor’s work as a showrunner and series creator includes Comedy Central’s “The Awkward Comedy Show”, which helped introduce the world to Eric Andre and Hannibal Buress. His documentary series, “Realm of LARP”, distributed by Nerdist/Legendary Pictures, continues to be one of the most beloved productions delving into the world of live-action role-playing. His pilot “Funny Cause It’s True” won in the Best Unscripted category in the New York Television Festival in 2015. Victor has directed four features, including ”Twisted Fortune” starring Charlie Murphy and “Tell Your Friends! The Concert Film!”, starring Kristen Schaal which premiered at the South By Southwest film festival in 2011. Comics created by Victor have appeared in The New Yorker and MAD Magazine. Victor’s writing work includes being a writer for the Eric Andre and Lil Rel Howery film “Bad Trip”, Marvel Comics, VICE, Salon and co-authoring a screenplay with comics legend Stan Lee. Victor has appeared in many recognizable shows and movies, such as Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Adult Swim and My Name is Earl, as well as in films with Arnold Schwarzenegger (End of Days), Eddie Murphy (The Adventures of Pluto Nash), and Werner Herzog (Julien Donkey-Boy).
