Don Weis
Directing
- Born
- May 13, 1922 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
- Died
- July 26, 2000 (age 78)
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Don Weis (May 13, 1922 - July 26, 2000) was an American film and television director.
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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.
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Known for
The Men
August 25, 1950
The Prowler
May 25, 1951
M
March 1, 1951
The Munsters' Revenge
February 27, 1981
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
April 6, 1966
Back to the Planet of the Apes
November 17, 1980
I Love Melvin
March 20, 1953
Pajama Party
November 11, 1964
The Red Pony
March 8, 1949
Critic's Choice
February 24, 1963
The Adventures of Hajji Baba
October 1, 1954
Billie
December 13, 1965
Behind the camera37
- 1981The Munsters' Revenge Director
- 1980Back to the Planet of the Apes Director
- 1978The Millionaire Director
- 1978Zero to Sixty Director
- 1976Crackle of Death Director
- 1976Demon and the Mummy Director
- 1968Now You See It, Now You Don't Director
- 1968Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady? Director
- 1967The King's Pirate Director
- 1967The Longest Hundred Miles