The American movie industry is known to make plenty of heart warming and interesting films. Hollywood boasts of some of the popular movie directors, actors, producers and writers. Chris Weitz is a multi-faceted personality in Hollywood. He is regarded by many as one of the best Hollywood directors. The story of Chris Weitz is as incredible as many of his movies.
Beginning of life and career
Christopher John Weitz was born in the American city of New York in the year 1969. From quite an early age, Chris Weitz nurtured an ambition to make it big in the world of Hollywood. He began his career in Hollywood with the movie Antz. He worked as a co-writer for the animated film, Antz. On completion of the movie Antz, Weitz got involved in sitcoms like Off Center and Fantasy Island.
The first ever Hollywood movie of director Chris Weitz was the American Pie. He actually co-directed the movie with the help of Paul. The movie, American Pie was a huge success at the box office and provided a much needed boost to the career of Chris Weitz. He assumed the role of a producer for the two theatrical sequels of the same movie.
Rise of popularity
With the release and eventual success of the movie, American Pie, Chris Weitz began to be recognized in Hollywood circles as someone with tremendous potential. The 2nd movie that was directed by Weitz was 'Down to Earth'. The comedy movie, Down to Earth, starred Chris Rock and also tasted success at the box office. The movie that got him an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay was, About a Boy.
Other Popular Movies
The Golden Compass was another movie that Chris Weitz directed for New Line Cinema. The movie was based on the first Philip Pullman book in the series of His Dark Materials. |
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Chris was a little hesitant in taking up the project and was not sure that he could do full justice to the book written by Pullman. He dropped out of the project, only to return and replace Anand Tucker as the director of the movie.
The Golden Compass was a moderate, commercial hit and got mixed reviews from the critics. Chris Weitz has also produced some of the popular movies like In Good Company and America Dreamz. It was Paul, Chris' brother who later on took on the director's mantle for both the movies.
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