Claudia Weill
Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1947 (age 79) · New York City, New York, USA
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.
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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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Known for
Girlfriends
August 11, 1978
It's My Turn
October 24, 1980
Revolution
July 1, 1968
Joyce at 34
December 26, 1972
A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story
November 16, 1992
Giving Up the Ghost
September 7, 1998
Critical Choices
December 8, 1996
Johnny Bull
May 19, 1986
Face of a Stranger
December 29, 1991
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
March 12, 1975
Year of the Woman
October 1, 1973
Aspen, 1970
January 1, 1970
Behind the camera19
- 1998Giving Up the Ghost Director
- 1996Critical Choices Director
- 1992A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story Director
- 1991Face of a Stranger Director
- 1987Once a Hero Director
- 1986Johnny Bull Director
- 1984The Great Love Experiment Director
- 1980It's My Turn Director
- 1978Girlfriends Story, Director, Producer
- 1975The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir