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| name = Claudia Weill
| name = Claudia Weill
| birth_date = {{birth year and age |1947}}
| birth_date = {{birth year and age |1947}}
| birth_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], USA
| birth_place = [[New York City]], New York
| alma_mater = [[Harvard University]]
| alma_mater = [[Harvard University]]
| occupation = Film, television and theatre director, Film instructor
| occupation = Film, television and theatre director, Film instructor
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''[[It's My Turn (film)|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.
''[[It's My Turn (film)|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.
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.


== Early life ==
== Early life and education==
In 1947, Weill was born in New York City. Weill's family was Jewish.
In 1947, Weill was born in New York City. Weill's family was Jewish.
<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IB3mBsgfIHQC&q=Claudia+Weill&pg=PA465 |title=Encyclopedia of American Jewish History, Volume 1 |website=books.google.com |isbn=9781851096381 |accessdate=February 23, 2020|last1=Norwood |first1=Stephen Harlan |year=2008 }}</ref>
<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IB3mBsgfIHQC&q=Claudia+Weill&pg=PA465 |title=Encyclopedia of American Jewish History, Volume 1 |website=books.google.com |isbn=9781851096381 |accessdate=February 23, 2020|last1=Norwood |first1=Stephen Harlan |year=2008 }}</ref>
<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-kJHa7KqnQ4C&q=Claudia+Weill+filmmaker+born+1947&pg=PA368 |title=Women Film Directors: An International Bio-critical Dictionary |website=books.google.com |isbn=9780313289729 |accessdate=February 23, 2020|last1=Foster |first1=Gwendolyn Audrey |year=1995 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.ica.art/bulletin/about-girlfriends-jemma-desai-conversation-claudia-weill ICA: "About Girlfriends: Jemma Desai in conversation with Claudia Weill" by Jemma Desai] 17 Apr 2014</ref>
<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-kJHa7KqnQ4C&q=Claudia+Weill+filmmaker+born+1947&pg=PA368 |title=Women Film Directors: An International Bio-critical Dictionary |website=books.google.com |isbn=9780313289729 |accessdate=February 23, 2020|last1=Foster |first1=Gwendolyn Audrey |year=1995 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.ica.art/bulletin/about-girlfriends-jemma-desai-conversation-claudia-weill ICA: "About Girlfriends: Jemma Desai in conversation with Claudia Weill" by Jemma Desai] 17 Apr 2014</ref> In 1969, Weill graduated from Harvard University.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dooley|first1=Megan|title=From Big Screen to Small Stage, Claudia Weill Keeps it Real|url=https://vineyardgazette.com/news/2009/08/13/big-screen-small-stage-claudia-weill-keeps-it-real|accessdate=1 February 2018|publisher=The Vineyard Gazette|date=August 14, 2009}}</ref>

== Education ==
In 1969, Weill graduated from [[Harvard University]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dooley|first1=Megan|title=From Big Screen to Small Stage, Claudia Weill Keeps it Real|url=https://vineyardgazette.com/news/2009/08/13/big-screen-small-stage-claudia-weill-keeps-it-real|accessdate=1 February 2018|publisher=The Vineyard Gazette|date=August 14, 2009}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==
Weill moved to [[Los Angeles]] in 1986. Weill began directing TV episodes of ''[[Thirtysomething (TV series)|Thirtysomething]]'', ''[[My So-Called Life]]'', ''[[Once and Again]]'', ''[[Chicago Hope]]'', and numerous pilots. More recently, she directed an episode of ''[[Girls (TV series)|Girls]]'' for HBO.
Weill moved to Los Angeles in 1986. Weill began directing TV episodes of ''[[Thirtysomething (TV series)|Thirtysomething]]'', ''[[My So-Called Life]]'', ''[[Once and Again]]'', ''[[Chicago Hope]]'', and numerous pilots. More recently, she directed an episode of ''[[Girls (TV series)|Girls]]'' for HBO.


As a theater director (Williamstown, The O’Neill, Sundance, ACT, Empty Space and in New York at MTC, the Public, and Circle Rep), she won the Drama Desk's Best Director Award for the premiere of Donald Margulies’ ''Found a Peanut'' produced by Joe Papp at the [[Public Theater]] in 1984.
As a theater director (Williamstown, The O’Neill, Sundance, ACT, Empty Space and in New York at MTC, the Public, and Circle Rep), she won the Drama Desk's Best Director Award for the premiere of Donald Margulies’ ''Found a Peanut'' produced by Joe Papp at the [[Public Theater]] in 1984.
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== Filmography ==
== Filmography ==
=== Films ===
=== Films ===
This is a partial list of films credited as director.
This is a partial list of films credited as director:
* 1975 ''[[The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir]]''
* 1975 ''[[The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir]]''
* 1978 ''[[Girlfriends (1978 film)|Girlfriends]]''
* 1978 ''[[Girlfriends (1978 film)|Girlfriends]]''
* 1980 ''[[It's My Turn (film)|It's My Turn]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/interview-with-claudia-weill |title=Interview with Claudia Weill |website=rogerebert.com |date=October 20, 1980 |accessdate=February 23, 2020}}</ref>
* 1980 ''[[It's My Turn (film)|It's My Turn]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/interview-with-claudia-weill |title=Interview with Claudia Weill |website=rogerebert.com |date=October 20, 1980 |accessdate=February 23, 2020}}</ref>
* 1986 ''Johnny Bull''. (TV movie)
* 1986 ''Johnny Bull'' (TV movie)
* 1988 ''Giving Up the Ghost''. (TV movie)
* 1988 ''Giving Up the Ghost'' (TV movie)
* 1991 ''Face of a Stranger''. (TV movie)
* 1991 ''Face of a Stranger'' (TV movie)
* 1992 ''A Child Lost Forever''. (TV movie)
* 1992 ''A Child Lost Forever'' (TV movie)
* 1996 ''Critical Choices''. (TV movie)
* 1996 ''Critical Choices'' (TV movie)
* 2013 [[He's Way More Famous Than You]] - as herself.
* 2013 ''[[He's Way More Famous Than You]]'' as herself


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
In 1985, Weill married Walter S. Teller. They have two sons, Sam Teller and Eli Teller.
In 1985, Weill married Walter S. Teller. They have two sons, Sam Teller and Eli Teller. Weill and her family spend their summers in Martha's Vineyard.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.harvardwood.org/mp201506 |title=Claudia Weill '69 |website=harvardwood.org |date=June 2, 2015 |accessdate=February 23, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mvmagazine.com/news/2007/08/01/claudia-weill |title=How I Got Here: Claudia Weill |website=mvmagazine.com |first=Brooks |last=Robards |date=August 1, 2007 |accessdate=February 23, 2020}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 11:52, 28 October 2020

Claudia Weill
Born1947 (age 76–77)
New York City, New York
Alma materHarvard University
Occupation(s)Film, television and theatre director, Film instructor
SpouseWalter S. Teller
Children2

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. In 2019, Girlfriends was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[1]

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.

Early life and education

In 1947, Weill was born in New York City. Weill's family was Jewish. [2] [3][4] In 1969, Weill graduated from Harvard University.[5]

Career

Weill moved to Los Angeles in 1986. Weill began directing TV episodes of Thirtysomething, My So-Called Life, Once and Again, Chicago Hope, and numerous pilots. More recently, she directed an episode of Girls for HBO.

As a theater director (Williamstown, The O’Neill, Sundance, ACT, Empty Space and in New York at MTC, the Public, and Circle Rep), she won the Drama Desk's Best Director Award for the premiere of Donald Margulies’ Found a Peanut produced by Joe Papp at the Public Theater in 1984.

She directed The Belle of Belfast by Nate Rufus Edelman at EST and the Irish Repertory Theatre in New York, Twelfth Night for Antaeus, the West Coast Premiere of Pulitzer Prize winner Doubt by John Patrick Shanley (with Linda Hunt) at the Pasadena Playhouse, Memory House, End Days, Tape, numerous workshops of Modern Orthodox, Adam Baum and the Jew Movie (Goldfarb), The Parents' Evening by Bathsheba Doran at the Vineyard Playhouse, and Huck and Holden by Rajiv Joseph at the Black Dahlia, among others.

In 1979, the Supersisters trading card set was produced and distributed; one of the cards featured Weill's name and picture.[6]

Weill has taught directing for film, television and/or theater at Harvard, Juilliard, Cal Arts, USC Graduate School of Cinema Studies, Columbia, The New School and Sarah Lawrence College. She mentors playwrights and directors.[7]

Filmography

Films

This is a partial list of films credited as director:

Personal life

In 1985, Weill married Walter S. Teller. They have two sons, Sam Teller and Eli Teller.

References

  1. ^ Chow, Andrew R. (December 11, 2019). "See the 25 New Additions to the National Film Registry, From Purple Rain to Clerks". Time. New York, NY. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  2. ^ Norwood, Stephen Harlan (2008). Encyclopedia of American Jewish History, Volume 1. ISBN 9781851096381. Retrieved February 23, 2020. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  3. ^ Foster, Gwendolyn Audrey (1995). Women Film Directors: An International Bio-critical Dictionary. ISBN 9780313289729. Retrieved February 23, 2020. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  4. ^ ICA: "About Girlfriends: Jemma Desai in conversation with Claudia Weill" by Jemma Desai 17 Apr 2014
  5. ^ Dooley, Megan (August 14, 2009). "From Big Screen to Small Stage, Claudia Weill Keeps it Real". The Vineyard Gazette. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  6. ^ Wulf, Steve (March 23, 2015). "Supersisters: Original Roster". Espn.go.com. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  7. ^ "Claudia Weill". sarahlawrence.edu. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  8. ^ "Interview with Claudia Weill". rogerebert.com. October 20, 1980. Retrieved February 23, 2020.

External links

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