
Claudia Weill
Born January 1, 1947 in New York City, New York, USA (age 79)
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".
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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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LearningTrip to Asia: The Quest for Harmony2008
LearningOr (My Treasure)2004
Immortality1998
LearningGiving Up the Ghost1998
Lost Highway1997
LearningCritical Choices1996
LearningA Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story1992
LearningFace of a Stranger1991
K-91989
LearningIt's My Turn1980
LearningGirlfriends1978
LearningThe Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir1975
LearningCount Dracula's Great Love1973
LearningAspen, 19701970
