Chris Weitz

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.

Works

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

A husband and wife struggle to keep their marriage alive until they realize they are both secretly working as assassins. Now, their respective assignments require them to kill each other.

Release Date2005-06-07

Charactersd Martin Coleman

Vote Count10669

American Pie

At a high-school party, four friends find that losing their collective virginity isn't as easy as they had thought. But they still believe that they need to do so before college. To motivate themselves, they enter a pact to all "score" by their senior prom.

Release Date1999-07-09

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Charactersd Male Voice in Porn Film (voice)

Vote Count7861

The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy

A close-knit group of gay friends share the emotional roller coster of life, relationships, the death of friends, new beginnings, jealousy, fatherhood and professional success. At various stages of life's disarray, these young men share humorous and tragic relationships and always have each other to rely on.

Release Date2000-02-01

Charactersd Director

Vote Count89

Chuck & Buck

Chuck and Buck are childhood best friends whose lives have taken very different paths. While Chuck moved away and now has a real life, Buck stayed behind and developed a dangerous fixation—on Chuck's life.

Release Date2000-07-14

Charactersd Chuck

Vote Count65

Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas

When his journal of bright ideas is stolen, college freshman Bickford Schmeckler has to blanket the campus in order to locate it.

Release Date2006-06-02

Charactersd Sheldon Schmeckler (voice)

Vote Count59

See This Movie

Two bumbling but determined three-day film school graduates enter the Montreal World Film Festival with a feature film that doesn't exist.

Release Date2004-03-03

Charactersd Panel Discussion Moderator

Vote Count5

Heavy Rain

A powerful short documentary inspired by the launch of the genre breaking PlayStation 3 title HEAVY RAIN. 

Directed by the acclaimed filmmaker Neil LaBute, the seven minute short was filmed in London, LA & Paris and asks leading luminaries, 'How far would you go to save someone you love?' 


Release Date2010-02-23

Charactersd Himself

Vote Count1

Living with Lew

A young Hollywood writer/director uses humor and unfailing optimism to fight ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) and make his first film.

Release Date2007-02-03

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Charactersd

Vote Count1

The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'

The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'.

Release Date2017-04-04

Charactersd Self

Vote Count7

Inside The Operation

A behind-the-scenes look at Operation Finale.

Release Date2018-12-04

Charactersd Self

Murderbot

In a high-tech future, a rogue security robot secretly gains free will. To stay hidden, it reluctantly joins a new mission protecting scientists on a dangerous planet...even though it just wants to binge soap operas.

Release Date2025-05-15

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count146

Snow White

Following the benevolent King's disappearance, the Evil Queen dominated the once fair land with a cruel streak. Princess Snow White flees the castle when the Queen, in her jealousy over Snow White's inner beauty, tries to kill her. Deep into the dark woods, she stumbles upon seven magical dwarves and a young bandit named Jonathan. Together, they strive to survive the Queen's relentless pursuit and aspire to take back the kingdom.

Release Date2025-03-12

DepartmentCrew

JobAdditional Writing

Vote Count1213

Off Centre

Off Centre is an American sitcom that aired on The WB network from October 14, 2001 to October 31, 2002. Created by Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz, and Danny Zuker, the series was heavily promoted as "from the guys who brought you American Pie".

Release Date2001-10-14

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count28

Vote Count13

Cinderella

When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger in the woods.

Release Date2015-03-06

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count7174

Cracking Up

Cracking Up is an American television sitcom created by School of Rock writer Mike White, who also served as the series' head writer. It aired on the Fox Network on Monday nights from March to May 2004. The title of the program and the name of the psychiatrist, Dr. Bollas, are comic allusions to Christopher Bollas, a psychoanalyst, and to his book Cracking UP.

Release Date2004-03-09

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count12

Vote Count1

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Forks, Washington resident Bella Swan is reeling from the departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen, and finds comfort in her friendship with Jacob Black, a werewolf. But before she knows it, she's thrust into a centuries-old conflict, and her desire to be with Edward at any cost leads her to take greater and greater risks.

Release Date2009-11-18

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count9391

The Creator

Amid a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war—and mankind itself.

Release Date2023-09-27

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count3390

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.

Release Date2016-12-14

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count15709

American Pie 2

After a year apart - attending different schools, meeting different people - the guys rent a beach house and vow to make this the best summer ever. As it turns out, whether that will happen or not has a lot to do with the girls. Between the wild parties, outrageous revelations and yes, a trip to band camp, they discover that times change and people change, but in the end, it's all about sticking together.

Release Date2001-08-10

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count5027

Afraid

Curtis Pike and his family are selected to test a new home device: a digital assistant called AIA. AIA observes the family's behaviors and begins to anticipate their needs. And she can – and will – make sure nothing – and no one – gets in her family's way.

Release Date2024-08-28

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count404

Antz

A neurotic worker ant in love with a rebellious princess rises to unlikely stardom when he switches places with a soldier. Signing up to march in a parade, he ends up under the command of a bloodthirsty general. But he's actually been enlisted to fight against a termite army.

Release Date1998-10-02

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count4540

American Wedding

With high school a distant memory, Jim and Michelle are getting married — and in a hurry, since Jim's grandmother is sick and wants to see him walk down the aisle — prompting Stifler to throw the ultimate bachelor party. And Jim's dad is reliable as ever, doling out advice no one wants to hear.

Release Date2003-08-01

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count4164

The Golden Compass

After overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherworldly adventure in the far North, unaware that it's part of her destiny.

Release Date2007-12-04

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count4629

Pinocchio

A wooden puppet embarks on a thrilling adventure to become a real boy.

Release Date2022-09-07

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count1651

About My Father

Encouraged by his girlfriend Ellie, Sebastian and his Italian immigrant father, Salvo, spend the 4th of July weekend with her wealthy and exceedingly eccentric family. The gathering soon develops into a culture clash, allowing father and son to discover the true meaning of family.

Release Date2023-05-25

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count347

The Mountain Between Us

Stranded on a mountain after a tragic plane crash, two strangers must work together to endure the extreme elements of the remote, snow-covered terrain. When they realize help is not coming, they embark on a perilous journey across hundreds of miles of wilderness, pushing each other to survive and discovering their inner strength.

Release Date2017-10-05

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count2442

Crush

When an aspiring young artist is forced to join her high school track team, she uses it as an opportunity to pursue the girl she's been harboring a long-time crush on. But she soon finds herself falling for an unexpected teammate and discovers what real love feels like.

Release Date2022-04-29

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count457

Prospect

A teenage girl and her father travel to a remote alien moon, aiming to strike it rich. They've secured a contract to harvest a large deposit of the elusive gems hidden in the depths of the moon's toxic forest. But there are others roving the wilderness and the job quickly devolves into a fight to survive.

Release Date2018-10-02

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count885

About a Boy

Will Freeman is a good-looking, smooth-talking bachelor whose primary goal in life is avoiding any kind of responsibility. But when he invents an imaginary son in order to meet attractive single moms, Will gets a hilarious lesson about life from a bright, but hopelessly geeky 12-year-old named Marcus. Now, as Will struggles to teach Marcus the art of being cool, Marcus teaches Will that you're never too old to grow up.

Release Date2002-04-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count2265

The Farewell

A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see grandma one last time.

Release Date2019-07-12

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count1456

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

The hilarity begins when professor Sherman Klump finds romance with fellow DNA specialist, Denise Gaines, and discovers a brilliant formula that reverses aging. But Sherman's thin and obnoxious alter ego, Buddy Love, wants out...and a big piece of the action. And when Buddy gets loose, things get seriously nutty.

Release Date2000-07-27

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count1335

A Single Man

The life of George Falconer, a British college professor, is reeling with the recent and sudden loss of his longtime partner. This traumatic event makes George challenge his own will to live as he seeks the console of his close girl friend Charley, who is struggling with her own questions about life.

Release Date2009-12-11

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count1575

Lone Star

Lone Star is an American drama television series which originally ran on Fox from September 20, 2010 to September 27, 2010, airing Monday nights at 9 pm ET/PT. Fox announced Lone Star's cancellation on September 28, 2010 after two low-rated episodes.

Release Date2010-09-20

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count7

Vote Count10

Operation Finale

In 1960, a team of Israeli secret agents is deployed to find Adolf Eichmann, the infamous Nazi architect of the Holocaust, supposedly hidden in Argentina, and get him to Israel to be judged.

Release Date2018-08-29

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1024

Columbus

When a renowned architecture scholar falls suddenly ill during a speaking tour, his son Jin finds himself stranded in Columbus, Indiana - a small Midwestern city celebrated for its many significant modernist buildings. Jin strikes up a friendship with Casey, a young architecture enthusiast who works at the local library.

Release Date2017-08-04

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count415

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

Nick cannot stop obsessing over his ex-girlfriend, Tris, until Tris' friend Norah suddenly shows interest in him at a club. Thus begins an odd night filled with ups and downs as the two keep running into Tris and her new boyfriend while searching for Norah's drunken friend, Caroline, with help from Nick's band mates. As the night winds down, the two have to figure out what they want from each other.

Release Date2008-10-03

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count1211

In Good Company

Dan Foreman is a seasoned advertisement sales executive at a high-ranking publication when a corporate takeover results in him being placed under naive supervisor Carter Duryea, who is half his age. Matters are made worse when Dan's new supervisor becomes romantically involved with his daughter an 18 year-old college student Alex.

Release Date2004-12-29

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count638

Down to Earth

Struggling comic Lance Barton knows what it's like to die on stage. But when his life takes an unexpected turn - straight to heaven - Lance is sure there's been a mistake. Miraculously, he's right! An angel tells Lance he was taken prematurely but assures him he can be returned to Earth - in the aged body of a ruthless white billionaire. In this improbable reincarnation, Lance begins a hilarious quest to realize his showbiz dream...and, along the way, discovers the person he never imagined he could be. Chris Rock delivers a first-rate performance in this romantic comedy remake of HEAVEN CAN WAIT.

Release Date2001-02-16

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count408

If You Were the Last

Adrift in their broken-down space shuttle with little hope of rescue, two astronauts argue over whether they're better off spending their remaining days as friends or something more.

Release Date2024-02-08

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count30

American Dreamz

The new season of "American Dreamz," the wildly popular television singing contest, has captured the country's attention, as the competition looks to be between a young Midwestern gal and a showtunes-loving young man from Orange County. Recently awakened President Staton even wants in on the craze, as he signs up for the potential explosive season finale.

Release Date2006-03-04

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count301

A Better Life

A gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while traveling across town to perform landscaping work for the city's wealthy landowners.

Release Date2011-06-24

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count245

Coapa Heights

A group of Mexican teenagers in the 90's face a series of ordeals in their neighborhood's dynamic of drugs and intrinsic decadent violence

Release Date1999-01-01

DepartmentCrew

JobScript

Vote Count2

The Twilight Saga Soundtracks, Vol 1 : Music Videos and Performances

Muse Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever) / Paramore Decode / Death Cab For Cutie Meet Me On The Equinox / Cee-Lo Green What Part Of Forever / Anya Marina Satellite Heart / MUTEMATH Spotlight / Lupe Fiasco Solar Midnite / Editors No Sound But The Wind / The Magic Numbers & Amadou & Mariam All I Believe In / Collective Soul Tremble For My Beloved / Eastern Conference Champions A Million Miles An Hour / Metric Eclipse (All Yours) / Fanfarlo Atlas / Iron & Wine Flightless Bird / Sia My Love / Bon Iver & St. Vincent Roslyn / Sea Wolf The Violet Hour / The Black Ghosts Full Moon / Hurricane Bells Monsters / O.A.R. Love Is Worth The Fall / Debussy Clair De Lune / Verdi La Traviata

Release Date2010-12-04

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Husband's Secret

Three women whose lives unexpectedly interconnect after one of them discovers a devastating secret.

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Spark: A Burning Man Story

Each year, 60,000 people from around the globe gather in a dusty windswept Nevada desert to build a temporary city, collaborating on large-scale art and partying for a week before burning a giant effigy in a ritual frenzy. Spark takes a peek behind the curtain with Burning Man organizers and participants, revealing a year of unprecedented challenges and growth.

Release Date2013-08-16

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count13

Boogeyman Pop

Set over the course of one summer weekend, a bat-wielding, masked killer in a rusted-out black Cadillac weaves in and out of three interlocking stories awash in sex, drugs, punk rock, black magic, and broken homes.

Release Date2018-06-21

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Merlin

The origin story of a young Merlin who would go on to become the mentor of the classic literary character King Arthur.

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

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