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Don Weis
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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.
As director
The Munsters' Revenge
Back to the Planet of the Apes
The Millionaire
Zero to Sixty
Demon and the Mummy
Crackle of Death
Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady?
Now You See It, Now You Don't
The King's Pirate
The Longest Hundred Miles
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
Billie
Pajama Party
Looking for Love
Critic's Choice
The Gene Krupa Story
Catch Me If You Can!
Ride The High Iron
The Deadly Riddle
Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid
The Adventures of Hajji Baba
I Love Melvin
A Slight Case of Larceny
Half a Hero
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
Remains to Be Seen
Skip Taylor
You for Me
Just This Once
It's a Big Country