About
Claudia Weill is an American film director best known for her film Girlfriends (1978), starring Melanie Mayron, Christopher Guest, Bob Balaban and Eli Wallach, made independently and sold to Warner Brothers after multiple awards at Cannes, Filmex and Sundance. Girlfriends would be one of 82 films made by a female director to compete at Cannes. In 2019, Girlfriends was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". It's My Turn (1980 for Columbia Pictures)—with Jill Clayburgh, Michael Douglas, and Charles Grodin—won her the Donatello, or International Oscar for best new director.
Filmography
Giving Up the Ghost1998 · Director
Critical Choices1996 · Director
A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story1992 · Director
Face of a Stranger1991 · Director
Once a Hero1987 · Director
Johnny Bull1986 · Director
It's My Turn1980 · Director
Girlfriends1978 · Story, Director, Producer
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir1975 · Director, Editor, Director of Photography
Year of the Woman1973 · Camera Operator
Matina Horner: Portrait of a Person1973 · Director
Joyce at 341972 · Director of Photography, Writer
Roaches' Lullaby1972 · Director
Commuters1970 · Director
This is the Home of Mrs. Levant Graham1970 · Director
Aspen, 19701970 · Director
Revolution1968 · Still Photographer