---
name: "David Weisman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-weisman"
fi1m_id: "david-weisman"
imdb_id: "nm0918844"
tmdb_id: 70282
wikidata_id: "Q3018976"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "11 March 1942"
died: "9 October 2019"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:40:28.130561+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# David Weisman

## Identity

David Weisman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-weisman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-weisman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0918844
- **TMDB ID:** 70282
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3018976
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Weisman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3018976, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0918844/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70282

Producer. Born 11 March 1942 in New York City. Died 9 October 2019.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 11 March 1942, New York City
- **Died:** 9 October 2019
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Weisman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3018976, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0918844/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70282

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Kiss of the Spider Woman*](https://film.one/film/kiss-of-the-spider-woman.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

David Weisman (1942–2019) was an American film producer, graphic artist and author. He produced *Kiss of the Spider Woman* (1985), which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture, and was involved in the earlier independent feature *Ciao! Manhattan* (1972), which he co-produced and co-directed.

Weisman attended Syracuse University’s School of Fine Arts before leaving to work in film posters in Rome. He later produced the English-language version of *Shogun Assassin* (1980) and collaborated with Leonard Schrader on several projects, including the documentary *The Killing of America* (1981). He also directed short documentaries related to *Kiss of the Spider Woman* in 2008. Weisman was the brother of film director Sam Weisman.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, hollywoodreporter.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Kiss of the Spider Woman* (1985), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/kiss-of-the-spider-woman.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Edie: Girl on Fire* (2010), Director, Writer
- *Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman* (2008), Director
- *What's the Worst That Could Happen?* (2001), Title Designer
- *Naked Tango* (1990), Producer
- *Spike of Bensonhurst* (1988), Producer
- *Raiders of the Living Dead* (1986), Associate Producer
- *Kiss of the Spider Woman* (1985), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/kiss-of-the-spider-woman.md)
- *Bad Manners* (1984), Executive Producer
- *The Killing of America* (1981), as Art Direction
- *Shogun Assassin* (1980), as Voice (voice) · Writer, Producer
- *Ciao! Manhattan* (1973), as David · Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *The Telephone Book* (1971), Assistant Director

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1986: Best Picture (nominated), for *Kiss of the Spider Woman*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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