---
name: "Hannah Weinstein"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hannah-weinstein"
fi1m_id: "hannah-weinstein"
imdb_id: "nm0918438"
tmdb_id: 1242638
wikidata_id: "Q5648982"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "23 June 1911"
died: "9 March 1984"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T16:33:48.141405+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."
---

# Hannah Weinstein

## Identity

Hannah Weinstein

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hannah-weinstein
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** hannah-weinstein
- **IMDb ID:** nm0918438
- **TMDB ID:** 1242638
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5648982
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Weinstein, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5648982, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0918438/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1242638

Producer. Born 23 June 1911 in New York. Died 9 March 1984.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 23 June 1911, New York
- **Died:** 9 March 1984
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Weinstein, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5648982, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0918438/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1242638

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Stir Crazy*](https://film.one/film/stir-crazy.md) (60)

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

## Biography

Hannah Weinstein (née Dorner) was an American producer, journalist and political activist. Born in New York City on 23 June 1911, she worked as a journalist and speechwriter before moving to Europe in 1950. In London she founded Sapphire Films and executive produced the television series *The Adventures of Robin Hood* (1955–1960) and several other period adventure series.

Returning to the United States in the early 1960s, Weinstein co-founded the Third World Cinema Corporation in 1971 to produce films featuring Black and Latino talent. She produced *Claudine* (1974), *Greased Lightning* (1977) and *Stir Crazy* (1980). In 1982 she received the Women in Film Crystal Award. She died in New York City on 9 March 1984.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, screenonline.org.uk, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Stir Crazy* (1980), Fi1m 60, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/stir-crazy.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *Stir Crazy* (1980), Producer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/stir-crazy.md)
- *Greased Lightning* (1977), Producer
- *Claudine* (1974), Producer
- *Sword of Freedom* (1958), series, Producer
- *The Buccaneers* (1956), series, Producer
- *The Adventures of Sir Lancelot* (1956), series, Producer
- *Colonel March of Scotland Yard* (1956), series, Producer
- *The Adventures of Robin Hood* (1955), series, Producer, Executive Producer

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Crystal Award 1982: Crystal Award (won)

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

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