Chris Weitz
- Born: 30 Nov, 1968
After earning a film degree at England's prestigious Cambridge University, screenwriter-producer Chris Weitz pursued a career in journalism and signed on to become a member of the diplomatic corps before an imposed one-year waiting period led to a writing partnership with his older brother Paul and eventually to screenwriting stardom as one of the scripters of the animated hit "Antz" (1998). Perhaps his Hollywood bloodline--his grandfather was talent agent Paul Kohner and his grandmother was actress Lupita Tovar while his parents are the Oscar-nominated actress Susan Kohner and fashion designer John Weitz--brought him back to film. His uncle Pancho Kohner hired Weitz and his brother to work on the screenplay for the children's film "Madeline", but little of their effort...
FAMILY & COMPANIONS
- grandfather Paul Kohner: Czech; died in March 1988
- grandmother Lupita Tovar: Mexican; born in 1910; appeared in many 1930s Westerns as well as the the Spanish-language version of "Dracula"
- father John Weitz: died of cancer in New York on October 3, 2002
- mother Susan Kohner: had notable roles in the 1950s and early 1960s, including an Oscar-nominated turn in Douglas Sirk's "Imitation of Life" (1959); retired after marriage to John Weitz
- uncle Pancho Kohner:
- brother Paul Weitz: born c. 1965; frequent collaborator
- Heather Graham: dating as of January 2003
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