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Made amateur films while a Radcliffe student and, after graduating in 1969, studied painting with Oskar Kokoschka and still photography at Yale with Walker Evans. Weill engineered a number of documentary shorts and experimental films and gained acclaim for her feature-length documentary, "The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir" (1975), made in collaboration with Shirley MacLaine. She directed her attentions toward the mainstream with two likeable but uneven dramas, "Girlfriends" (1978) and "It's My Turn" (1980), centering on the plight of contemporary women....
Full Bio
,
Awards
&
Milestones
Filmography
Calling the Shots
- ( Herself
/ 1988
/ Released /
Cineplex Odeon
)
It's My Turn
- ( Director
/ 1980
/ Released /
)
Girlfriends
- ( Director
/ 1978
/ Released /
)
Girlfriends
- ( Producer
/ 1978
/ Released /
)
Girlfriends
- ( From Story
/ 1978
/ Released /
)
The Scenic Route
- (
/ 1978
/ Released /
)
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
- ( Director
/ 1974
/ Released /
)
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
- ( Editor
/ 1974
/ Released /
)
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
- ( Cinematographer(- cinematography)
/ 1974
/ Released /
)
The Year of the Woman
- ( Cinematographer(- cinematography)
/ 1973
/ Released /
Year of the Woman Company
)
TV Credits
Giving Up the Ghost
(
1998 / Released
):
Director
Nothing Sacred
(
1997 / Released
):
Director
Critical Choices
(
1996 / Released
):
Director
My So-Called Life
(
1994 / Released
):
Director
Profiles
(
1994 / Released
):
Director
A Child Lost Forever
(
1992 / Released
):
Director
Face of a Stranger
(
1991 / Released
):
Director
Wiou
(
1990 / Released
):
Director
Once a Hero
(
1987 / Released
):
Director
Fast Times
(
1986 / Released
):
Director
Johnny Bull
(
1986 / Released
):
Director
The Great Love Experiment
(
1984 / Released
):
Director
Caroline in the City
(
Released
):
Director
Chicago Hope
(
Released
):
Director
Once and Again
(
Released
):
Director
Feast or Famine
(
2000
)
TV Episode
Director
Cat-In-Hat
(
2000
)
TV Episode
Director
Sneaky Feelings
(
2000
)
TV Episode
Director
Thanksgiving
(
1999
)
TV Episode
Director
Full Biography
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Made amateur films while a Radcliffe student and, after graduating in 1969, studied painting with Oskar Kokoschka and still photography at Yale with Walker Evans. Weill engineered a number of documentary shorts and experimental films and gained acclaim for her feature-length documentary, "The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir" (1975), made in collaboration with Shirley MacLaine. She directed her attentions toward the mainstream with two likeable but uneven dramas, "Girlfriends" (1978) and "It's My Turn" (1980), centering on the plight of contemporary women. Weill has reached her widest audience to date as director of the popular TV series, "thirtysomething."
Profession(s):
director, screenwriter, producer, editor, director of photography, film instructor, acting instructor
Sometimes Credited As:
Education
Yale University New Haven, Connecticut photography
Radcliffe College Cambridge, Massachusetts BA 1969
Awards
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David di Donatello Prize Best Director "Girlfriends" 1979
United States Film Festival Grand Jury Prize "Girlfriends" 1978
Milestones
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1986 TV movie directing debut, "Johnny Bull"
1984 TV directing debut, "The Great Love Experiment" (for "ABC Afterschool Special")
1978 Fiction feature directing and producing debut, "Girlfriends" (also wrote story)
1975 Made a number of short documentaries before teaming up with Shirley Maclaine to direct the feature-length documentary "The Other Half of the Sky--A China Memoir"
1975 Stage directing debut, "An Evening with Merlin Finch" (Williamstown)
1973 Received Independent Filmmaker Grant from AFI
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