8.5
TV
Directing
Don Weis
- Born
- Died
- (aged 78)
- Birthplace
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
- Credits
- 112 titles
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Don Weis (May 13, 1922 - July 26, 2000) was an American film and television director.
Weis was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Southern California where he studied film. During World War II, Weis served in the Air Force as a film technician. After the war, he began working at MGM directing such films as Bannerline (1951), Just This Once (1952), You for Me (1952) and The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953).
Weis began directing for television in 1954 and worked on such series as M*A*S*H, Ironside, It Takes a Thief, Twilight Zone, Happy Days, Starsky and Hutch, CHiPs, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, and Hawaii Five-O among others.
Weis won two Directors Guild of America Awards for television direction in 1956 and again in 1958.
Weis died in Santa Fe, New Mexico at 78 years of age.
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Signature work
Known For
8.5
TV
7.7
TV
MacGyver
7.9
TV
M*A*S*H
7.3
TV
Batman
7.6
TV
Happy Days
7.8
TV
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
6.7
TV
Charlie's Angels
7.2
TV
Freddy's Nightmares
7.3
TV
Starsky & Hutch
6.2
TV
The Love Boat
7.6
TV
The Andy Griffith Show
7.2
TV
Hawaii Five-O
6.8
TV
CHiPs
7.1
TV
Remington Steele
7.7
TV
Perry Mason
6.5
TV
Fantasy Island
7.6
TV
Hill Street Blues
6.9
TV
Planet of the Apes
Crew credits 112
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Brand New Life TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 1988 | Murphy's Law TV | Director (3 ep) |
| 1988 | Freddy's Nightmares TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 1986 | The Wizard TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 1985 | MacGyver TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 1985 | Eye to Eye TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 1984 | Crazy like a Fox TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 1984 | Partners in Crime TV | Director (2 ep) |
| 1984 | Cover Up TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 1983 | Lottery! TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 1982 | Remington Steele TV | Director (18 ep) |
| 1982 | Matt Houston TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 1982 | Bring 'Em Back Alive TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 1982 | Cagney & Lacey TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 1982 | T. J. Hooker TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 1981 | Simon & Simon TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 1981 | Code Red TV | Director (2 ep) |
| 1981 | The Munsters' Revenge Film | Director |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues TV | Director (4 ep) |
| 1981 | Flamingo Road TV | Director (3 ep) |
| 1980 | Back to the Planet of the Apes Film | Director |
| 1980 | The Six O'Clock Follies TV | Director (2 ep) |
| 1980 | Beyond Westworld TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 1979 | Delta House TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 1978 | The Millionaire Film | Director |
| 1978 | Zero to Sixty Film | Director |
| 1978 | Fantasy Island TV | Director (2 ep) |
| 1977 | The Love Boat TV | Director (7 ep) |
| 1977 | The San Pedro Beach Bums TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 1977 | CHiPs TV | Director (9 ep) |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 1976 | Spencer's Pilots TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 1976 | Crackle of Death Film | Director |
| 1976 | Demon and the Mummy Film | Director |
| 1975 | Matt Helm TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 1975 | Starsky & Hutch TV | Director (11 ep) |
| 1975 | Barbary Coast TV | Director (2 ep) |
| 1975 | Bronk TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 1975 | S.W.A.T. TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 1975 | Baretta TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 1974 | Planet of the Apes TV | Director (2 ep) |
| 1974 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker TV | Director (4 ep) |
| 1974 | Petrocelli TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 1974 | Firehouse TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 1974 | Happy Days TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 1973 | The Magician TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 1972 | M*A*S*H TV | Director (16 ep) |
| 1970 | The Immortal TV | Director (2 ep) |
| 1969 | The Courtship of Eddie's Father TV | Director (3 ep) |
| 1969 | Hawaii Five-O TV | Director (12 ep) |
| 1968 | Now You See It, Now You Don't Film | Director |
| 1968 | Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady? Film | Director |
| 1967 | Mannix TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 1967 | The Danny Thomas Hour TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 1967 | The King's Pirate Film | Director |
| 1967 | Ironside TV | Director (34 ep) |
| 1967 | The Longest Hundred Miles Film | Director |
| 1966 | The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini Film | Director |
| 1966 | Batman TV | Director (4 ep) |
| 1965 | Billie Film | Director, Producer |