André Weinfeld

André Weinfeld
André Weinfeld, 2017
Nationality	French American
Alma mater	Lycée Louis-le-Grand Sorbonne University
Occupation	Director, writer, producer, cinematographer, photographer
Spouse(s)	Raquel Welch (m. 1980; div. 1990) Jaimie Lilly (m. 1992; div. 1999)
Awards	London Film Festival (1976) Best Feature Short La Bonne Nouvelle

André Weinfeld is a French and American film and television producer, director, screenwriter, photographer, and journalist. He is an alumnus of the prestigious Lycée Louis-le-Grand and the Sorbonne University in Paris.

After receiving a Master's Degree in Psychology and French Literature at the Sorbonne University, André Weinfeld - the son of Jean Weinfeld, a Bauhaus architect - was admitted as the head of his class at the renowned French Film School Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC).

First, a Camera operator and then a Cinematographer to several "French New Wave" short and full-length feature films (collaborating with, among others, directors Philippe Garrel, Jean Eustache, Néstor Almendros, Dennis Berry, Jackie Raynal, etc.) André Weinfeld became – at age 19 – one of the youngest television directors, producers and journalists in France.

For the next 10 years, André directed, produced and reported over 70 weekly news and documentary magazine programs and French Network Specials, covering everything from fashion to the 1960s and 1970s rock and roll and pop scenes in "Swinging London" and in the US for the TV show "Bouton Rouge" at the Monterey International Pop Festival, the , working with many major musicians, among them Jimi Hendrix,The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Cream,The Who, Janis Joplin, Otis Redding, Eric Clapton, Pink Floyd, etc. Later on, this time as a War correspondent, André accepted several "hard news" assignments to Israel, Syria, Egypt and Lebanon during the Six Day War, the Yom Kippur War and Saigon during the Vietnam War.