Paul Weitz (filmmaker)

Paul John Weitz is an American film producer, screenwriter, playwright, actor, and film director. He is the older brother of filmmaker Chris Weitz. He is best known for his work with his brother, Chris Weitz, on the comedy films American Pie and About a Boy, for which the brothers, who codirected, were nominated for an Oscar.

Weitz was born in New York City, the son of actress Susan Kohner and Berlinborn novelistmenswear designer John Weitz. His brother is filmmaker Chris Weitz. Weitz is the grandson of Czechborn agent and producer Paul Kohner and actress Lupita Tovar on his maternal side. Tovar, who was from Oaxaca, Mexico, starred in Santa, Mexicos first talkie, in 1932, as well as a Mexican version of Drcula. On the paternal side, Weitz grandparents escaped Nazi Germany, before which his grandfather was a successful textile manufacturer, with the family close intimates of Christopher Isherwood and Marlene Dietrich.

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