Gary Weis | |
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| Born | 1942 or 1943 (age 81–82) |
| Occupation(s) | Director, producer |
| Years active | 1973–2004 |
| Known for | Saturday Night Live film shorts |
Gary Weis (c. 1943)[1] is an American filmmaker.
He is known for creating multiple short films that aired on Saturday Night Live in the late 1970s. He co-produced and provided visual effects for the documentary Jimi Hendrix (1973); he co-directed the Beatlemania spoof All You Need Is Cash (1978) with the film's star, Eric Idle; he directed the comedy film Diary of a Young Comic (1979) starring Richard Lewis, as well as 80 Blocks from Tiffany's (1979), a documentary about gangs in the South Bronx.
He also directed several music videos in the 1980s, including the video for Paul Simon's single "You Can Call Me Al" and for George Harrison's version of the song "Got My Mind Set on You".
Producer Gary Weis and his partners, Joe Boyd and John Head, have paid the first feature-length tribute to [Jimi Hendrix]... Weis, at 30, has the familiarity and perspective for the project, though he says he wasn't a Hendrix fan when he started... "I was approached as a film-maker. Joe Boyd, who was director of musical services at Warner."