---
name: "Don Weis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/don-weis"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "13 May 1922"
died: "26 July 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 85
updated: "2026-09-16T18:06:55.046833+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."
---

# Don Weis

Director. Born 13 May 1922 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Died 26 July 2000.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 13 May 1922, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
- **Died:** 26 July 2000
- **Active:** 1959–1982
- **Works often with:** Gabrielle Beaumont, James Sheldon, Alexander Singer, Bill Duke, Bill Idelson, Charles S. Dubin

## Biography

Don Weis (1922–2000) was an American film and television director. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he graduated from the University of Southern California, where he studied film. During the Second World War he served in the US Air Force as a film technician.

After the war Weis began directing feature films at MGM, including *Bannerline* (1951), *Just This Once* (1952), *You for Me* (1952) and *The Affairs of Dobie Gillis* (1953). From 1954 he worked extensively in television, directing episodes of series such as *The Twilight Zone*, *M*A*S*H*, *Happy Days*, *Starsky & Hutch*, *CHiPs*, *The Love Boat* and *MacGyver*. He won Directors Guild of America awards for television direction in 1956 and 1958. Weis died in 2000.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Hill Street Blues* (1981), Fi1m 86, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/hill-street-blues.md)
- *M*A*S*H* (1972), Fi1m 85, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/m-a-s-h-1972.md)
- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Cagney & Lacey* (1982), Director

## Also known for

- *MacGyver* (1985), Director
- *Batman* (1966), Director
- *Happy Days* (1974), Director
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), Director
- *Charlie's Angels* (1976), Director
- *Freddy's Nightmares* (1988), Director
- *Starsky & Hutch* (1975), Director
- *The Love Boat* (1977), Director

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