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CHRIS WEITZ Chris Weitz was born in New York City, the son of actress Susan Kohner and Berlin-born novelist/fashion designer John Weitz (born Hans Werner Weitz). His brother is filmmaker Paul Weitz. He is the grandson of agent Paul Kohner and Mexican actress LuPita Tovar on his maternal side. His grandmother, LuPita, starred in Santa, Mexico's first talkie, in 1932. Chris was educated at The Allen-Stevenson School in New York and St. Paul's School in London and went on to graduate with a B.A. and M.A. in English Literature from Trinity College, Cambridge. Chris began his film career as a co-writer, along with his brother Paul, of the 1998 animated film Antz. In 1999, he and Paul directed and Produced American Pie, which became a major box office success. In 2002, the brothers co-wrote and directed About a Boy, which earned them an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted ScreenPlay. Chris went on to direct several other feature films, including the 2007 adaptation of PhiliP Pullman’s bestselling fantasy novel, The Golden Compass, and the second film installment in the Twilight series, New Moon. His 2011 film A Better Life garnered an Award nomination for its lead actor, Demián Bichir. He most recently directed Operation Finale (2018), starring Oscar Isaac and Sir Ben Kingsley. More recently, Chris has written several feature films, including Cinderella, for Disney, and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, for Lucasfilm. Chris has Produced a number of films through his and Paul’s comPany DePth of Field, including Tom Ford’s A Single Man and Peter Sollett’s Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist; Columbus, starring John Cho and Haley Lu Richardson, which Premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, and The Farewell (2019), written and directed by Lulu Wang, for which Awkwafina won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife Mercedes Martinez and three children. .

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