Chris Weitz
Chris Weitz
Christopher John "Chris" Weitzis an American film producer, screenwriter, author, actor, and film director. He is the brother of filmmaker Paul Weitz. He is best known for his work with his brother on the comedy films American Pie and About a Boy, for which the two were Oscar-nominated for their adapted screenplay. Weitz directed the film adaptation of the novel The Golden Compass and the film adaptation of New Moon from the series of Twilight books...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth30 November 1969
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
People like to be able to identify a brand, and I don't really have one.
I think it's so incredibly special to be able to try to recapitulate that feeling I had when I was sitting in that theater, as a 7-year-old. It's an extraordinary job. I'm incredibly lucky.
The reason I make movies now has a lot to do with having seen Star Wars when I was seven years old. That's the formative movie-going experience of my life.
Having been dumped so many times in my life, I thought I could sympathize with Bellas character.
The Golden Compass' became a bad experience because the studio didn't have faith in the strength of the ideas of the novel, which is ironic because it's one of the greatest fantasy novels ever written, if not the greatest, and they took the religion out of it and tried to turn it into a popcorn movie.
The reason that stepmothers are often the bad guy in fairy tales is because people died in childbirth, all the time, so fathers remarried and there would be a struggle between the children and the new wife, in terms of who would inherit what.
I am a surfer, though quite a poor one.
I love being by the ocean. It stills the voices in my head.
I try to put out fires when bizarre rumors get started.
Modern responses to Cinderella's predicament are interesting. If you're not careful, you'll think, "Well, she's just a big wimp. She should fight for her rights. She should call the government."
People always want the stars of movies to fall in love with one another.
The Internet is a fantastic, strange place where you can write an open letter and be reasonably assured that people are going to read it.
I often make movies that involve depression or deep holes of sadness, although there are also these other great things in 'New Moon,' like this epic set-piece at the end of the film in Italy.
To be emotionally resilient and to overcome your circumstances, not through fighting, but through being courageous and having endurance was something I thought was of primary importance.