Biography
Claudia Weill was born in New York City. She studied at Harvard University. She has directed for film, television, and theatre. Her first feature, Girlfriends (1978), was added to the Library of Congress’s National Film Registry in 2019 for its importance to American film heritage. Her other credits include 30 short films for Sesame Street, the features It’s My Turn (1980) and Face of a Stranger (1991), the series Thirtysomething (1987–91) and Chicago Hope (1994–2000), and the plays Found a Peanut (1984) and Doubt: A Parable (2004).
Toronto International Film Festival
Director
| Movies | |
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| 1998 |
Giving Up the Ghost (TV movie) |
| 1996 |
Critical Choices (TV movie) |
| 1992 |
A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story (TV movie) |
| 1991 |
Face of a Stranger (TV movie) |
| 1986 |
Johnny Bull (TV movie) |
| 1982 |
Great Love Experiment, The (TV movie) |
| 1980 |
It's My Turn |
| 1978 |
Girlfriends |
| Series | |
|---|---|
| 2013 |
Girls |
Boys (S02E06) |
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| 2001 |
Once and Again |
Thieves Like Us (S02E11) |
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| 2000 |
Once and Again |
Cat-in-Hat (S01E19) |
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Sneaky Feelings (S01E14) |
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Feast or Famine (S02E04) |
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| 1999 |
Once and Again |
Thanksgiving (S01E10) |
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The Past Is Prologue (S01E08) |
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| 1995 |
Chicago Hope |
Great White Hope (S01E12) |
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| 1994 |
Birdland |
My So-Called Life |
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Other People's Mothers (E10) |
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| 1989 |
thirtysomething |
Politics (S02E06) |
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| 1988 |
thirtysomething |
Business as Usual (S01E15) |
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| 1987 |
Once a Hero |
thirtysomething |
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Nice Work If You Can Get It (S01E07) |
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| 1986 |
The Twilight Zone |
Monsters! / A Small Talent for War / A Matter of Minutes (S01E15) |
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| Documentaries | |
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| 1975 |
Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir, The |
Actor
| Movies | |
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| 2013 |
He's Way More Famous Than You |
| Documentaries | |
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| 2000 |
Biography: Shirley MacLaine - This Time Around (TV movie) |
| 1988 |
Calling the Shots |
Cinematographer
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 1973 |
Year of the Woman |