Claudia Weill - Filmography

Claudia Weill
Claudia Weill
Director
Born: 1947

Biography

Claudia Weill is an American film director best known for her film Girlfriends (1978), starring Melanie Mayron, Christopher Guest, Bob Balaban and Eli Wallach, made independently and sold to Warner Brothers after multiple awards at Cannes, Filmex and Sundance. Girlfriends would be one of 82 films made by a female director to compete at Cannes. In 2019, Girlfriends was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

It's My Turn (1980 for Columbia Pictures)—with Jill Clayburgh, Michael Douglas, and Charles Grodin—won her the Donatello, or International Oscar for best new director.

Earlier work includes 30 films for Sesame Street, freelancing as a camerawoman, and numerous documentaries, notably The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir, a documentary about the first women's delegation to China in 1973, headed by Shirley MacLaine, nominated for an Academy Award and released theatrically and on PBS.

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Filmography

Giving Up the Ghost
Giving Up the Ghost 1998
Critical Choices
Critical Choices 1996
A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story
A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story 1992
Face of a Stranger
Face of a Stranger 1991
Calling the Shots
Calling the Shots 1988
Once a Hero
Once a Hero 1987
Johnny Bull
Johnny Bull 1986
It's My Turn
It's My Turn 1980
The Scenic Route
The Scenic Route 1978
Girlfriends
Girlfriends 1978
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir 1975
Joyce at 34
Joyce at 34 1972