Chris Weitz

Chris Weitz

1969-11-30 New York City, New York, USA 45 Credits

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 screenpl...

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Snow White

Snow White

2025

Additional Writing

4.3

Following the benevolent King's disappearance, the Evil Queen dominated the once fair land with a cruel streak. Princess Snow White flees the castle w...

Afraid

Afraid

2024

Director, Producer, Writer

6.0
Directing Producing Writing

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 a...

If You Were the Last

If You Were the Last

2024

Executive Producer

6.0
Producing

Adrift in their broken-down space shuttle with little hope of rescue, two astronauts argue over whether they're better off spending their remaining da...

The Creator

The Creator

2023

Screenplay

7.0
Writing

Amid a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of h...

About My Father

About My Father

2023

Producer

6.1
Producing

Encouraged by his girlfriend Ellie, Sebastian and his Italian immigrant father, Salvo, spend the 4th of July weekend with her wealthy and exceedingly ...

Pinocchio

Pinocchio

2022

Screenplay, Producer

6.3
Writing Producing

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

Crush

Crush

2022

Executive Producer

7.4
Producing

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 lo...

The Farewell

The Farewell

2019

Producer

7.4
Producing

A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's dec...

Inside The Operation

2018

as Self

Acting

A behind-the-scenes look at Operation Finale.

Prospect

Prospect

2018

Producer

6.2
Producing

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 el...

Operation Finale

Operation Finale

2018

Director

6.7
Directing

In 1960, a team of Israeli secret agents is deployed to find Adolf Eichmann, the infamous Nazi architect of the Holocaust, supposedly hidden in Argent...

Boogeyman Pop

Boogeyman Pop

2018

Executive Producer

Producing

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 storie...

The Mountain Between Us

The Mountain Between Us

2017

Screenplay

6.7
Writing

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...

Columbus

Columbus

2017

Producer

7.1
Producing

When a renowned architecture scholar falls suddenly ill during a speaking tour, his son Jin finds himself stranded in Columbus, Indiana - a small Midw...

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

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

2017

as Self

5.6
Acting

The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' is a 2017 documentary detailing the production of the standalone Star Wars film. The feature...

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

2016

Screenplay

7.5
Writing

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

Cinderella

Cinderella

2015

Screenplay

6.8
Writing

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, ...

Spark: A Burning Man Story

Spark: A Burning Man Story

2013

Executive Producer

5.7
Producing

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 a...

A Better Life

A Better Life

2011

Director, Producer

7.2
Directing Producing

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 t...

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

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

2010

Producer

Producing

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 / Any...

Heavy Rain

Heavy Rain

2010

as Himself

2.0
Acting

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

Directed by the acclaimed filmmaker Neil L...

A Single Man

A Single Man

2009

Producer

7.3
Producing

The life of George Falconer, a British college professor, is reeling with the recent and sudden loss of his longtime partner. This traumatic event mak...

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

2009

Director, Screenplay

6.0
Directing Writing

Forks, Washington resident Bella Swan is reeling from the departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen, and finds comfort in her friendship with Jacob...

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

2008

Producer

6.4
Producing

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 f...

The Golden Compass

The Golden Compass

2007

Screenplay, Director

6.1
Writing Directing

After overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherwor...

Living with Lew

Living with Lew

2007

6.0
Acting

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

Living with Lew

Living with Lew

2007

Producer

6.0
Producing

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

Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas

Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas

2006

as Sheldon Schmeckler (voice)

5.5
Acting

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

American Dreamz

American Dreamz

2006

Executive Producer

5.0
Producing

The new season of "American Dreamz," the wildly popular television singing contest, has captured the country's attention, as the competition looks to ...

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

2005

as Martin Coleman

6.7
Acting

A husband and wife struggle to keep their marriage alive until they realize they are both secretly working as assassins. Now, their respective assignm...

In Good Company

In Good Company

2004

Producer

6.0
Producing

Dan Foreman is a seasoned advertisement sales executive at a high-ranking publication when a corporate takeover results in him being placed under naiv...

See This Movie

See This Movie

2004

as Panel Discussion Moderator

5.0
Acting

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

American Wedding

American Wedding

2003

Executive Producer

6.2
Producing

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 do...

About a Boy

About a Boy

2002

Director, Screenplay

6.7
Directing Writing

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 imag...

American Pie 2

American Pie 2

2001

Executive Producer

6.2
Producing

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...

Down to Earth

Down to Earth

2001

Director

5.5
Directing

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 th...

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

2000

Screenplay

5.0
Writing

The hilarity begins when professor Sherman Klump finds romance with fellow DNA specialist, Denise Gaines, and discovers a brilliant formula that rever...

Chuck & Buck

Chuck & Buck

2000

as Chuck

6.0
Acting

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 beh...

The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy

The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy

2000

as Director

6.3
Acting

A close-knit group of gay friends share the emotional roller coster of life, relationships, the death of friends, new beginnings, jealousy, fatherhood...

American Pie

American Pie

1999

as Male Voice in Porn Film (voice)

6.6
Acting

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 n...

American Pie

American Pie

1999

Producer

6.6
Producing

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 n...

Coapa Heights

Coapa Heights

1999

Script

5.0

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

Antz

Antz

1998

Screenplay

6.2
Writing

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 pa...

Husband's Secret

N/A

Producer

Producing

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

Merlin

N/A

Writer

Writing

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