Don Weis

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Don Weis
Born	May 13, 1922 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Died	July 26, 2000 Santa Fe, New Mexico
Nationality	American
Occupation	Film and television director

Don Weis (May 13, 1922 - July 26, 2000) was an American film and television director.

Weis was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Southern California where he studied film. During World War II, Weis served in the Air Force as a film technician. After the war, he began working at MGM directing such films as Bannerline (1951), Just This Once (1952), You for Me (1952) and The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953).

Weis began directing for television in 1954 and worked on such series as M*A*S*H, Ironside, It Takes a Thief, Twilight Zone, Happy Days, Starsky and Hutch, CHiPs, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, and Hawaii Five-O among others.

Weis won two Directors Guild of America Awards for television direction in 1956 and again in 1958.

Weis died in Santa Fe, New Mexico at 78 years of age.

[edit] Selected filmography

• Ride the High Iron (1956)
• Catch Me If You Can (1959)
• The Gene Krupa Story (1959)
• Critics Choice (1963)
• Pajama Party (1964)
• Billie (1965)
• The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966)

[edit] External links

• Don Weis at IMDB

[edit] References

• "Don Weis; Film, Television Director", Los Angeles Times, August 3, 2000.
• "Don Weis, 78, Film and Television Director", The New York Times, August 4, 2000.
• "Obituary: Don Weis", The Independent(London), August 16, 2000.