Paul Weitz (filmmaker)
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Paul Weitz at 2015 Sundance Film Festival
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| Born |
Paul John Weitz November 19, 1965 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Education |
Allen-Stevenson School Collegiate |
| Alma mater | Wesleyan University |
| Occupation |
Film director Producer Screenwriter Playwright |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Known for | American Pie |
| Notable work | About a Boy |
| Spouse(s) | Patricia Brown (2001–present) |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent(s) |
Susan Kohner John Weitz |
| Relatives |
Chris Weitz (brother) Lupita Tovar (grandmother) Paul Kohner (grandfather) |
Paul John Weitz (born November 19, 1965) is an American film producer, screenwriter, playwright, actor, and film director. He is the older brother of filmmaker Chris Weitz. He is best known for his work with his brother, Chris Weitz, on the comedy films American Pie and About a Boy, for which the brothers, who co-directed, were nominated for an Oscar. He also serves as a writer, executive producer, and director of the television show Mozart in the Jungle.
Weitz was born in New York City, the son of actress Susan Kohner and Berlin-born novelist/menswear designer John Weitz. His brother is filmmaker Chris Weitz. Weitz is the grandson of Czech-born agent and producer Paul Kohner (Billy Wilder, William Wyler, Ingmar Bergman) and actress Lupita Tovar on his maternal side. Tovar, who was from Oaxaca, Mexico, starred in Santa, Mexico's first talkie, in 1932, as well as a Mexican version of Drácula. On the paternal side, Weitz' grandparents escaped Nazi Germany, before which his grandfather was a successful textile manufacturer, with the family close intimates of Christopher Isherwood and Marlene Dietrich.
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