--- name: "Paul Weitz" canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-weitz" fi1m_id: "paul-weitz" imdb_id: "nm0919369" tmdb_id: 3289 wikidata_id: "Q1968839" roles: ["Director","Producer"] born: "19 November 1965" reviewed_on_fi1m: 5 average_fi1m_score: 70 average_as: "director" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-10-05T03:04:05.710324+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." --- # Paul Weitz ## Identity Paul Weitz - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paul-weitz - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** paul-weitz - **IMDb ID:** nm0919369 - **TMDB ID:** 3289 - **Wikidata ID:** Q1968839 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Weitz_(filmmaker), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1968839, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0919369/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3289 Director and producer. Born 19 November 1965 in New York City, New York, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Director, Producer - **Born:** 19 November 1965, New York City, New York, USA - **Active:** 1999–2007 - **Also known as:** Paul John Weitz, Paul J. Weitz, بول ويتز - **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 2 directing, 3 producing - **Frequently works with:** [Chris Weitz](https://film.one/person/chris-weitz.md) - **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination - **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as director, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 64 (1), 2000s 58 (4) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Weitz_(filmmaker), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1968839, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0919369/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3289 ## Coming up - *In Love* (2027-09-02), Director ## Streaming the US now - **The Roku Channel:** [*American Pie*](https://film.one/film/american-pie.md) (64) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Paul Weitz is an American screenwriter, director and producer. Born in New York City in 1965, he studied at Wesleyan University. He began his career co-writing the screenplay for the animated film *Antz* (1998). With his brother Chris Weitz, he co-directed the comedy *American Pie* (1999) and co-wrote and co-directed the adaptation *About a Boy* (2002); the brothers were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the latter. Weitz has also directed *In Good Company* (2004), *American Dreamz* (2006) and *Admission* (2013). He wrote, executive produced and directed episodes of the Amazon series *Mozart in the Jungle*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com.* ## On Fi1m (5) ### Directed (2) — the average rests on these - *About a Boy* (2002), Fi1m 77, Director, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/about-a-boy.md) - *American Pie* (1999), Fi1m 64, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/american-pie.md) ### Produced (3) - *The Golden Compass* (2007), Fi1m 54, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-golden-compass.md) - *American Wedding* (2003), Fi1m 54, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/american-wedding.md) - *American Pie 2* (2001), Fi1m 49, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/american-pie-2.md) ## Complete filmography (38) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *In Love* (2027), Director, Screenplay, Producer - *Murderbot* (2025), series, Director, Executive Producer, Writer, Teleplay, Creator - *If You Were the Last* (2024), Executive Producer - *About My Father* (2023), Producer - *Moving On* (2023), Producer, Director, Screenplay - *Pinocchio* (2022), Executive Producer - *Crush* (2022), Executive Producer - *Fatherhood* (2021), Director, Screenplay - *Bel Canto* (2018), Screenplay, Producer, Director - *The Little Hours* (2017), as Lurco - *Joshy* (2016), as Private Investigator - *Grandma* (2015), Writer, Director, Producer - *Life After Beth* (2014), as Mr. Levin - *Mozart in the Jungle* (2014), series, Executive Producer - *Admission* (2013), Director, Producer - *The Queen of Versailles* (2012), Thanks - *American Reunion* (2012), Executive Producer - *Being Flynn* (2012), Director, Screenplay, Producer - *Little Fockers* (2010), Director - *Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant* (2009), Screenplay, Director, Producer - *Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist* (2008), Producer - *The Golden Compass* (2007), Executive Producer — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/the-golden-compass.md) - *Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas* (2006), Producer - *American Dreamz* (2006), Screenplay, Director, Producer - *In Good Company* (2004), Producer, Director, Screenplay - *See This Movie* (2004), as Filmmaker Who Isn't Wim Wenders - *American Wedding* (2003), Executive Producer — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/american-wedding.md) - *About a Boy* (2002), Director, Screenplay — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/about-a-boy.md) - *Off Centre* (2001), series, Executive Producer, Creator - *American Pie 2* (2001), Executive Producer — Fi1m 49, [page](https://film.one/film/american-pie-2.md) - *Down to Earth* (2001), Director - *Nutty Professor II: The Klumps* (2000), Screenplay - *Chuck & Buck* (2000), as Sam - *The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy* (2000), as Assistant Director - *American Pie* (1999), Director — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/american-pie.md) - *Antz* (1998), Screenplay - *Sex and the Other Man* (1996), Writer - *Twice*, Director, Producer ## Gallery - ![Paul Weitz, Lily Tomlin, Julia Garner and Mo Aboul-Zelof "Grandma," Sundance 2015](https://film.one/media/person/4157021/gallery-14fee2b4f707.jpg) Paul Weitz, Lily Tomlin, Julia Garner and Mo Aboul-Zelof "Grandma," Sundance 2015 — https://www.flickr.com/photos/punktoad, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Paul_Weitz%2C_Lily_Tomlin%2C_Julia_Garner_and_Mo_Aboul-Zelof_at_Sundance_2015.jpg/1280px-Paul_Weitz%2C_Lily_Tomlin%2C_Julia_Garner_and_Mo_Aboul-Zelof_at_Sundance_2015.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Paul Weitz at 2015 Sundance](https://film.one/media/person/4157021/gallery-930bd3663b90.jpg) Paul Weitz at 2015 Sundance — https://www.flickr.com/photos/punktoad, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Paul_Weitz_at_2015_Sundance.jpg/1280px-Paul_Weitz_at_2015_Sundance.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Paul Weitz](https://film.one/media/person/4157021/gallery-52add8f3c5ff.jpg) Paul Weitz — https://www.flickr.com/photos/punktoad, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Paul_Weitz_at_2015_Sundance_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Skylab 2 astronauts eat space food in wardroom of Skylab trainer The three members of the prime crew of the first manned Skylab mission dine on specially prepar](https://film.one/media/person/4157021/gallery-fd11ae8ee3e9.jpg) Skylab 2 astronauts eat space food in wardroom of Skylab trainer The three members of the prime crew of the first manned Skylab mission dine on specially prepar — NASA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/S73-20236.jpg/1280px-S73-20236.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Paul Weitz](https://film.one/media/person/4157021/gallery-98f42fac14bc.jpg) Paul Weitz — Image via TMDB - ![Paul Weitz](https://film.one/media/person/4157021/gallery-b6017c736904.jpg) Paul Weitz — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated - 2003: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *About a Boy* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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