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Claudia Weill

Claudia Weill

Director · Born 1947-01-01 · New York City, New York, USA

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Biography

Claudia Weill is an American film director best known for her film Girlfriends (1978), starring Melanie Mayron, Christopher Guest, Bob Balaban and Eli Wallach, made independently and sold to Warner Brothers after multiple awards at Cannes, Filmex and Sundance. Girlfriends would be one of 82 films made by a female director to compete at Cannes. In 2019, Girlfriends was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". It's My Turn (1980 for Columbia Pictures)—with Jill Clayburgh, Michael Douglas, and Charles Grodin—won her the Donatello, or International Oscar for best new director. Earlier work includes 30 films for Sesame Street, freelancing as a camerawoman, and numerous documentaries, notably The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir, a documentary about the first women's delegation to China in 1973, headed by Shirley MacLaine, nominated for an Academy Award and released theatrically and on PBS. Description above from the Wikipedia article Claudia Weill, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Directed

  1. The Twilight Zone (1985) — Director
  2. My So-Called Life (1994) — Director
  3. Girlfriends (1978) — Director
  4. Chicago Hope (1994) — Director
  5. Cagney & Lacey (1982) — Director
  6. It's My Turn (1980) — Director
  7. thirtysomething (1987) — Director
  8. Once and Again (1999) — Director
  9. Joyce at 34 (1972) — Director
  10. A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story (1992) — Director
  11. Fast Times (1986) — Director
  12. Giving Up the Ghost (1998) — Director
  13. Critical Choices (1996) — Director
  14. Johnny Bull (1986) — Director
  15. Face of a Stranger (1991) — Director
  16. WIOU (1990) — Director
  17. Birdland (1994) — Director
  18. The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir (1975) — Director
  19. Aspen, 1970 (1970) — Director
  20. Roaches' Lullaby (1972) — Director
  21. Once a Hero (1987) — Director
  22. This is the Home of Mrs. Levant Graham (1970) — Director
  23. Matina Horner: Portrait of a Person (1973) — Director
  24. Commuters (1970) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. The Scenic Route (1978)
  2. Spécial cinéma (1974) — Self
  3. Calling the Shots (1988) — Self