“I was shocked by the cold-heartedness of people who are avowedly Christian. Their unwillingness to turn the other cheek.”
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Chris Weitz
Christopher John Weitz is an American filmmaker 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 was one of the lead actors in the Miguel Arteta-directed film Chuck & Buck, directed the film adaptation…
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business · American filmmaker (born 1969) · film director · film producer · screenwriter · entrepreneur · actor · director · also Chris Weitz, Christopher John Weitz, Weitz
Born 30 November 1969 · Q238638
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s 2015 live-action adaptation of Cinderella, which was released in theaters on March 13, 2015. Weitz said he went back to the many different versions of the story (Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault, as well as the 1950 animated Disney original) as well as his own vision. Weitz scripted the first Star Wars stand-alone film, director Gareth Edwards
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2025· 1 entry
Yardbarker: ‘New Moon’ Director Chris Weitz on How ‘Twilight’ Fandom Inspired ‘Murderbot’
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2024· 1 entry
Yahoo: ‘AfrAId’ Review: Chris Weitz’s Tech-Scare Thriller Says AI Is the Worst
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2016· 1 entry
After Donald Trump won the presidential election, Weitz tweeted, "Please note that the Empire is a white supremacist (human) organization
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2015· 1 entry
“s 2015 live-action adaptation of Cinderella, which was released in theaters on March 13, 2015. Weitz said he went back to the many different versions of the story (Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault, as well as the 1950 animated Disney original) as well as his own vision. Weitz scripted the first Star Wars stand-alone film, director Gareth Edwards”
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2014· 1 entry
And was followed by The New Order, in 2015 and The Revival in 2016
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2012· 1 entry
Worked with journalist Jose Antonio Vargas on a series of four documentary shorts directed by Weitz called Is This Alabama
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2006· 1 entry
Over creative differences with New Line, and Weitz returned to the director's chair after receiving a letter from Pullman asking him to reconsider
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2005· 1 entry
Weitz announced his departure from the film, citing the enormous technical challenges involved, and the fear of being denounced by both the book's fans and detractors; he was subsequently replaced by British director Ana
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2004· 1 entry
Weitz was a co-investor with Paul Devitt in the Japanese restaurant and club called Tokio on N
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2003· 1 entry
Weitz was hired to direct New Line Cinema's adaptation of the first book in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series, The Golden Compass, after approaching the studio with an unsolicited 40-page treatment
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2002· 1 entry
The Weitz brothers co-wrote and co-directed About a Boy, the Hugh Grant film based on the book by Nick Hornby
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2001· 1 entry
Along with his brother, he co-directed his second film, the Chris Rock comedy Down to Earth
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1999· 1 entry
And Paul directed and produced American Pie, which was written by Adam Herz, and became a major box office success
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1969· 1 entry
Born 1969-11-30.
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1932· 1 entry
As well as a Spanish language version of Drácula
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