Gary Weis is a film and television director. He was a creator of short films for Saturday Night Live along with Albert Brooks and Tom Schiller. Weis also directed the documentary 80 Blocks from Tiffany's.In the 1980s, he married Kathryn Ireland, a future decorator star of the Bravo reality-television series Million Dollar Decorators. Together, the two "conceptualized" music videos for Toto's "Without Your Love," The Bangles' "Walk Like an Egyptian", Paul Simon's "You Can Call Me Al" and others.
When Albert Brooks left Saturday Night Live (1975) in the first season, Gary Weis took over making short films for the series. His work would be introduced as "Here is this weeks film by Gary Weis."
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
SNL Shorts
2014
TV Movie clips
George Harrison: The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992
2004
Video documentary segment "Got My Mind Set on You"
L.A. Law
1993
TV Series 1 episode
C.C.P.D.
1992
TV Movie pilot
Bangles Greatest Hits
1990
Video short videos "Walk Like an Egyptian", "Walking Down Your Street"
Homage to Steve
1986
TV Movie documentary segment "Concert Segment"
The Best of Dan Aykroyd
1986
Video segment "Rubber Biscuit"
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
1986
TV Special
Action Family
1986
TV Movie
Paul Simon: You Can Call Me Al
1986
Video short
Saturday Night Live
TV Series 2 episodes, 1977 - 1985 film segment director - 32 episodes, 1976 - 1977
Young Lust
1984
Wholly Moses!
1980
80 Blocks from Tiffany's
1979
Documentary
Diary of a Young Comic
1979
TV Movie
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
1978
TV Special
Things We Did Last Summer
1978
TV Movie
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
1978
TV Movie
The Beach Boys: It's OK
1976
TV Movie
Jimi Hendrix
1973
Documentary
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Saturday Night Live
TV Series producer - 35 episodes, 1975 - 1977 film segment producer - 6 episodes, 1976 - 1977 film segments - 1 episode, 1976
Jimi Hendrix
1973
Documentary producer
80 Blocks from Tiffany's
1979
Documentary producer
Things We Did Last Summer
1978
TV Movie producer
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
1978
TV Movie producer
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Saturday Night Live
1976-1977
TV Series title sequence - 23 episodes
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Manhattan
1979
Television Director
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
1978
TV Movie
Photographer getting off train (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
1975-1976
TV Series
Joe / Man on the Street
Assistant Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Saturday Night Live
1975-1976
TV Series segment director - 4 episodes
Cinematographer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
1978
TV Movie
Celebration at Big Sur
1971
Documentary
Gimme Shelter
1970
Documentary
Visual Effects
Title
Year
Status
Character
Jimi Hendrix
1973
Documentary visuals
Camera Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Manipulator
1971
assistant camera
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Best of John Belushi
1985
Video special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Get Up and Go: The Making of 'The Rutles'
2008
Video documentary short
Himself
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
2005
TV Special documentary
Himself
Saturday Night Live
1976
TV Series
Himself
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1979
DGA Award
Directors Guild of America, USA
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical/Variety
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy (1978)
Known for movies
Saturday Night Live (1975-1985) as Director
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978) as Director
$200,000
