Chris Weitz

Personal Info

Know For

Production

Gender

Male

Birthday

1969-11-30 (56 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Chris Weitz

Biography

Christopher John Weitz (born November 30, 1969) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. He is best known for his work with his brother Paul on the comedy films American Pie and About a Boy; the latter earned the Weitz brothers a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Among his other main works, Weitz directed the film adaptation of the novel The Golden Compass and the film adaptation of New Moon from the series of Twilight books, wrote the screenplay for Disney's 2015 live-action adaptation of Cinderella, and co-wrote Rogue One: A Star Wars Story with Tony Gilroy.

Acting

2005

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

as Martin Coleman

2000

Chuck & Buck

as Chuck

2010

Heavy Rain

as Himself

2004

See This Movie

as Panel Discussion Moderator

2006

Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas

as Sheldon Schmeckler (voice)

1999

American Pie

as Male Voice in Porn Film (voice)

Production

2002

About a Boy

as Director

2002

About a Boy

as Screenplay

2004

In Good Company

as Producer

-

Husband's Secret

as Producer

1999

American Pie

as Producer

2007

The Golden Compass

as Screenplay

2006

American Dreamz

as Executive Producer

1998

Antz

as Screenplay

2001

Down to Earth

as Director

2023

About My Father

as Producer

2011

A Better Life

as Director

2015

Cinderella

as Screenplay

2009

A Single Man

as Producer

-

Merlin

as Writer

2022

Pinocchio

as Screenplay

2001

American Pie 2

as Executive Producer

2003

American Wedding

as Executive Producer

2024

Afraid

as Producer

2024

Afraid

as Director

2011

A Better Life

as Producer

2013

Spark: A Burning Man Story

as Executive Producer

2017

Columbus

as Producer

2024

If You Were the Last

as Executive Producer

2018

Boogeyman Pop

as Executive Producer

2024

Afraid

as Writer

2017

2018

Operation Finale

as Director

2007

2018

Prospect

as Producer

2023

The Creator

as Screenplay

2022

Pinocchio

as Producer

2019

The Farewell

as Producer

1999

Coapa Heights

as Script

2007

Living with Lew

as Producer

2022

Crush

as Executive Producer

2025

Snow White

as Additional Writing

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