Directing

Don Weis

1922–2000 · Directing

62.8avg grm
51titles
#535best rank
Pbest title · #535 on sitePerry Mason1957 · as Director · series65.7

Bio

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Don Weis (May 13, 1922 - July 26, 2000) was an American film and television director. Weis was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Southern California where he studied film. During World War II, Weis served in the Air Force as a film technician. After the war, he began working at MGM directing such films as Bannerline (1951), Just This Once (1952), You for Me (1952) and The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953). Weis began directing for television in 1954 and worked on such series as M*A*S*H, Ironside, It Takes a Thief, Twilight Zone, Happy Days, Starsky and Hutch, CHiPs, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, and Hawaii Five-O among others. Weis won two Directors Guild of America Awards for television direction in 1956 and again in 1958. Weis died in Santa Fe, New Mexico at 78 years of age. Description above from the Wikipedia article Don Weis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Don Weis (May 13, 1922 - July 26, 2000) was an American film and television director. Weis was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Southern California where he studied film. During World War II, Weis served in the Air Force as a film technician. After the war, he began working at MGM directing such films as Bannerline (1951), Just This Once (1952), You for Me (1952) and The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953). Weis began directing for television in 1954 and worked on such series as M*A*S*H, Ironside, It Takes a Thief, Twilight Zone, Happy Days, Starsky and Hutch, CHiPs, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, and Hawaii Five-O among others. Weis won two Directors Guild of America Awards for television direction in 1956 and again in 1958. Weis died in Santa Fe, New Mexico at 78 years of age. Description above from the Wikipedia article Don Weis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

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1980s11 titlesMMacGyver1985 · as Director · series59.0PPartners in Crime1984 · as Director · series64.3CCover Up1984 · as Director · series63.9CCrazy Like a Fox1984 · as Director · series63.5NThe New Mike Hammer1984 · as Director · series63.4RRemington Steele1982 · as Director · series63.5MMatt Houston1982 · as Director · series63.3TT.J. Hooker1982 · as Director · series61.6HHill Street Blues1981 · as Director · series64.2CCagney & Lacey1981 · as Director · series63.9SSimon & Simon1981 · as Director · series63.0
1970s12 titlesCCHiPs1977 · as Director · series60.4CCharlie's Angels1976 · as Director · series59.3SS.W.A.T.1975 · as Director · series63.6BBaretta1975 · as Director · series63.3SStarsky and Hutch1975 · as Director · series60.8PPetrocelli1974 · as Director · series63.4KKolchak: The Night Stalker1974 · as Director · series61.9PPlanet of the Apes1974 · as Director · series60.9HHappy Days1974 · as Director · series60.0MThe Magician1973 · as Director · series64.0HHarry O1973 · as Director · series63.9MM*A*S*H1972 · as Director · series64.2
1960s15 titlesBThe Bold Ones: The New Doctors1969 · as Director · series63.9CThe Courtship of Eddie's Father1969 · as Director · series63.5IIt Takes a Thief1968 · as Director · series63.7HHawaii Five-O1968 · as Director · series61.2IIronside1967 · as Director · series63.1MMannix1967 · as Director · series62.7BBatman1966 · as Director · series59.6BBurke's Law1963 · as Director · series63.8PThe Patty Duke Show1963 · as Director · series63.7KKraft Suspense Theatre1963 · as Director · series62.9WWide Country1962 · as Director · series64.0VThe Virginian1962 · as Director · series63.5887th Precinct1961 · as Director · series64.2AAlcoa Premiere1961 · as Director · series63.9AThe Andy Griffith Show1960 · as Director · series63.3
1950s13 titlesDThe Detectives1959 · as Director · series63.9TThe Twilight Zone1959 · as Director · series59.8PPerry Mason1957 · as Director · series65.7WWagon Train1957 · as Director · series63.8MM Squad1957 · as Director · series63.7WWest Point1956 · as Director · series64.02The 20th Century-Fox Hour1955 · as Director · series63.8AAlfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Director · series54.5SStudio 571954 · as Director · series64.2LThe Loretta Young Show1953 · as Director · series63.5II Married Joan1952 · as Director · series63.7SSchlitz Playhouse1951 · as Director · series64.0JThe Jack Benny Program1950 · as Director · series64.1

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Don Weis

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born1922
died2000
known forDirecting
titles on site51
best title rank#535 · Perry Mason (1957)
avg GRM62.8
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Don Weis (May 13, 1922 - July 26, 2000) was an American film and television director. Weis was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Southern California where he studied film. During World War II, Weis served in the Air Force as a film technician. After the war, he began working at MGM directing such films as Bannerline (1951), Just This Once (1952), You for Me (1952) and The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953). Weis began directing for television in 1954 and worked on such series as M*A*S*H, Ironside, It Takes a Thief, Twilight Zone, Happy Days, Starsky and Hutch, CHiPs, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, and Hawaii Five-O among others. Weis won two Directors Guild of America Awards for television direction in 1956 and again in 1958. Weis died in Santa Fe, New Mexico at 78 years of age. Description above from the Wikipedia article Don Weis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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