Chris Weitz(I)

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John David Washington must keep a robot kid alive in 'The Creator' (2023), a new sci-fi epic from Gareth Edwards, director of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' (2016). Washington plays Joshua, an ex-special forces agent fighting a futuristic war between humans and artificial intelligence. After his wife disappears, Joshua is recruited to destroy the robots' secret weapon that could end the world, but instead he discovers their weapon is a cybernetic child named Alphie, played by newcomer Madeline Yuna Voyles. The Creator's creator, filmmaker Gareth Edwards reteams with Rogue One writer Chris Weitz and his Godzilla star Ken Watanabe for an original story that supposedly "makes 'Blade Runner' (1982) look like child's play," according to one journalist at the 2023 CinemaCon sneak peek. If you repli-can't believe the hype about Industrial Light & Magic's eye-popping visual effects, Edwards also enlists Allison Janney ('I, Tonya'), Gemma Chan ('Crazy Rich Asians'), and Ralph Ineson ('The Green Knight') in his future war that is slated for September 2023.

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Christopher John Weitz is an American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter who is known for Antz, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, American Pie, About a Boy, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps and The Golden Compass. He is married to Mercedes Martinez since 2006 and has three children.

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 3 wins & 27 nominations total

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About a Boy

7.1

Writer

2002

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

6.5

Martin Coleman

2005

James Earl Jones, Forest Whitaker, Wen Jiang, Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Daniel Naprous, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Spencer Wilding, and Riz Ahmed in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

7.8

Writer

2016

Nicole Kidman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sam Elliott, Ian McKellen, Daniel Craig, Freddie Highmore, Ian McShane, Eva Green, Dakota Blue Richards, Helen Soraya, and Caridad Angus in The Golden Compass (2007)

The Golden Compass

6.1

Writer

2007

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Murderbot
7.4
TV Series
- executive producer (showrunner)
- 2025
Afraid
5.2
- producer (p.g.a.)
- 2024
About My Father
5.8
- producer
- 2023
If You Were the Last
6.3
- executive producer
- 2023
Pinocchio
5.1
- producer
- 2022
Crush
6.3
- producer
- 2022
The Farewell
7.5
- producer (p.g.a.)
- 2019
Boogeyman Pop
4.3
- executive producer
- 2018
Prospect
6.3
- producer
- 2018
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
4.8
- producer
- 2017
Columbus
7.2
- producer (p.g.a.)
- 2017
Good Kids
6.1
- producer
- 2016
Spark: A Burning Man Story
6.2
- executive producer
- 2013
American Reunion
6.7
- executive producer
- 2012
A Better Life
7.2
- producer
- 2011

Writer

Murderbot
7.4
TV Series
- created for television by
- written by
- teleplay by
- 2025
Afraid
5.2
- written by
- 2024
The Creator
6.7
- screenplay
- 2023
Pinocchio
5.1
- screenplay by
- 2022
The Mountain Between Us
6.4
- screenplay by
- 2017
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
7.8
- screenplay by
- 2016
About a Boy
7.4
TV Series
- based on the screenplay by
- 2014–2015
Cinderella
6.9
- screenplay by
- 2015
The Golden Compass
6.1
- screenplay
- 2007
Off Centre
7.7
TV Series
- creator
- written by
- 2001–2002
About a Boy
7.1
- screenplay
- 2002
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
4.5
- screenplay
- 2000
Fantasy Island
6.3
TV Series
- story
- teleplay
- 1998–1999
Antz
6.5
- screenplay
- 1998

Height
- 6′ 0½″ (1.84 m)
Born
- November 30, 1969
- New York City, New York, USA
Spouse
- Mercedes Martinez2006 - present (3 children)
Parents
Relatives
Other works
Feature audio commentary for the film, About a Boy (2002), with Paul Weitz (2002).
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- 1 Interview
- 3 Articles

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Younger brother of Paul Weitz.

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Like many people with a Y chromosome, I hadn't delved into the Twilight books. I tried to experience the books in the way that I thought the average reader would - which is to gobble them. The way that you read a book at 13 is different. You read it at a gallop, while you are eating. You avoid human contact. I read New Moon over the course of a day and a half in Ojai, Calif., at a very crunchy retreat that included a sweat lodge. Actually, my only pause was for a sweat lodge during which I asked the Quileute ancestors to come and give me good luck. Somewhere Jacob Black was pleased. I was channeling Team Jacob because he needs it in this movie. Everyone already knows about Edward.