Gary Weis
For the investigative journalist and author, see Gary Weiss. For the baseball player, see Gary Weiss (baseball).
| Gary Weis | |
|---|---|
| Born | United States |
| Occupation | Film director, television director |
Gary Weis is a film and television director. He was a creator of short films for Saturday Night Live along with Albert Brooks and Tom Schiller.[1] Weis also directed the documentary 80 Blocks from Tiffany's.[2]
In the 1980s, he married Kathryn Ireland, a future decorator star of the Bravo reality-television series Million Dollar Decorators. Together, the two "conceptualized" music videos for Toto's "Without Your Love," The Bangles' "Walk Like an Egyptian", Paul Simon's "You Can Call Me Al" and others.[3] They have since divorced.[4]
Filmography includes
- Jimi Hendrix (1973)
- Saturday Night Live (1975-1977) (TV)
- The Beach Boys: It's OK (1976) (TV)[5]
- Diary of a Young Comic (1977) (TV)
- The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978) (TV)
- Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy (1978) (TV)
- 80 Blocks From Tiffany's (1979)
- Wholly Moses! (1980)
- Young Lust (1984)
- Action Family (1986) (TV)
- C.C.P.D. (1992) (TV)
- L.A. Law (1993) (TV)
Music videos
- The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian/Walking Down Your Street
- George Harrison - Got My Mind Set On You
- Paul Simon - Call Me Al
References
- ↑ "Gary Weis". The New York Times.
- ↑ Phanor-Faury, Alexandra (October 25, 2010). "Director Gary Weis on His Influential, Long-Lost Doc '80 Blocks from Tiffany’s'". BlackBook.
- ↑ Barrera, Sandra (May 28, 2011). "'Million Dollar Decorator' Kathryn Ireland Went from Film to Fabrics — See Her Santa Monica Home". Daily News (Los Angeles). Archived from the original on January 6, 2012. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
- ↑ "US style guru Kathryn Ireland's insight". News.com.au. July 19, 2008. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ↑ "Beach Boy's Special". The New York Times.
External links
- Gary Weis at the Internet Movie Database
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