---
name: "Valerie Weiss"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/valerie-weiss"
fi1m_id: "valerie-weiss"
imdb_id: "nm1401177"
tmdb_id: 1038019
wikidata_id: "Q22097117"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-22T23:58:34.260543+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."
---

# Valerie Weiss

## Identity

Valerie Weiss

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/valerie-weiss
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** valerie-weiss
- **IMDb ID:** nm1401177
- **TMDB ID:** 1038019
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22097117
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Weiss, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22097117, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1401177/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1038019

Director. Born 1 January 1973 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1973, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Also known as:** Valerie Heather Weiss
- **Frequently works with:** [Cherie Nowlan](https://film.one/person/cherie-nowlan.md), [Gonzalo Amat](https://film.one/person/gonzalo-amat.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Weiss, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22097117, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1401177/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1038019

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Star Trek: Strange New Worlds*](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-strange-new-worlds.md) (77)

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

## Biography

Valerie Heather Weiss is an American film and television director. She grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, studied molecular biology at Princeton University and earned a Ph.D. in biophysics from Harvard Medical School. She later trained at the AFI Directing Workshop for Women and founded the production company PhD Productions with her husband Robert Johnson.

Weiss has directed episodes of series including *Star Trek: Strange New Worlds* (2022–), *Outer Banks* (2020–2023), *Suits* (2011–2019), *The Rookie* (2018–), *Chicago P.D.* (2014–) and *How to Get Away with Murder* (2014–). Her feature films as director include *Losing Control* (2011), *A Light Beneath Their Feet* (2015), *The Archer* (2017) and *Mixtape* (2021).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, startrek.com, valerieheatherweiss.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Star Trek: Strange New Worlds* (2022), Fi1m 77, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-strange-new-worlds.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *NCIS: Tony & Ziva* (2025), series, Director
- *Watson* (2025), series, Director
- *Monarch* (2022), series, Director
- *Star Trek: Strange New Worlds* (2022), series, Director — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-strange-new-worlds.md)
- *Mixtape* (2021), Director
- *Leverage: Redemption* (2021), series, Director
- *Outer Banks* (2020), series, Director
- *Prodigal Son* (2019), series, Director
- *Why Women Kill* (2019), series, Director
- *The Rookie* (2018), series, Director
- *Impulse* (2018), series, Director
- *For the People* (2018), series, Director
- *The Resident* (2018), series, Director
- *The Archer* (2017), Director
- *An American Girl Story: Maryellen 1955 - Extraordinary Christmas* (2016), Director
- *Bull* (2016), series, Director
- *A Light Beneath Their Feet* (2016), Director
- *Chicago Med* (2015), series, Director
- *The Librarians* (2014), series, Director
- *How to Get Away with Murder* (2014), series, Director
- *Chicago P.D.* (2014), series, Director
- *Scandal* (2012), series, Director
- *Losing Control* (2012), Director
- *Suits* (2011), series, Director
- *Boy Meets Girl* (1998), Assistant Editor

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