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Don Weis

Don Weis

Director, also producer · Died July 26, 2000, aged 78 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Don Weis (May 13, 1922 - July 26, 2000) was an American film and television director. Weis was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Southern California where he studied film. During World War II, Weis served in the Air Force as a film technician. After the war, he began working at MGM directing such films as Bannerline (1951), Just This Once (1952), You for Me (1952) and The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953). Weis began directing for television in 1954 and worked on such series as M*A*S*H, Ironside, It Takes a Thief, Twilight Zone, Happy Days, Starsky and Hutch, CHiPs, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, and Hawaii Five-O among others. Weis won two Directors Guild of America Awards for television direction in 1956 and again in 1958. Weis died in Santa Fe, New Mexico at 78 years of age. Description above from the Wikipedia article Don Weis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
May 13, 1922
Died
July 26, 2000 (aged 78)
From
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Works as
Director, also producer
Titles
45 on MovieCove · 112 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 30% in 30 days

What are Don Weis' films like?

Across their 19 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
37%
Self
24%
Morality
18%
Society
9%
Power
7%
Ideas
4%
Romantic love7 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception5 titles, browse their movies with this themeMarriage2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 18 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 15 · Serious 2 · Dark 1

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 7 · Stylized 9 · Heightened 2

Gentle: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their gentle movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 11 · Charged 6 · Intense 1

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 11 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 9

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 12 · Relentless 2

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 16 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 18 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
12
Romantic
9
Absurd
6
Tense
4
Thrilling
4
Other
10

How their films linger

Fun14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy14
  • Bittersweet4
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Don Weis' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 25 of their 45 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Don Weis' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

112 credits, 45 with a MovieCove page.

  • Brand New Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Murphy's Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

  • Freddy's Nightmares (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Wizard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • MacGyver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Eye to Eye (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Crazy like a Fox (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Partners in Crime(1984)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows

  • Cover Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Lottery! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Remington Steele(1982)

    Show 18 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows

  • Matt Houston (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Bring 'Em Back Alive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Cagney & Lacey(1981)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • T.J. Hooker(1982)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows

  • Simon & Simon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Code Red (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • The Munsters' Revenge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Director

  • Hill Street Blues(1981)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • Flamingo Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

  • Back to the Planet of the Apes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Director

  • The Six O'Clock Follies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Beyond Westworld(1980)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows

  • Delta House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Millionaire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Director

  • Zero to Sixty(1978)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Fantasy Island(1977)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows

  • The Love Boat(1977)

    Show 7 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows

  • The San Pedro Beach Bums (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • CHiPs(1977)

    Show 9 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows

  • Charlie's Angels(1976)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows

  • Spencer's Pilots (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Crackle of Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Director

  • Kolchak: Demon and the Mummy(1975)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Matt Helm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Starsky and Hutch(1975)

    Show 11 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Barbary Coast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Bronk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • S.W.A.T.(1975)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • Baretta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Kolchak: The Night Stalker(1974)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Planet of the Apes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Petrocelli (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Firehouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Happy Days(1974)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • The Magician (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • M*A*S*H(1972)

    Show 16 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • The Immortal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • The Courtship of Eddie's Father(1969)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • Hawaii Five-O(1968)

    Show 12 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • Now You See It, Now You Don't(1968)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady?(1968)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Mannix(1967)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • The Danny Thomas Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The King's Pirate(1967)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Ironside (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 34 episodes · Director

  • The Longest Hundred Miles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Director

  • The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini(1966)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Batman(1966)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • Billie(1965)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Pajama Party(1964)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Looking for Love(1964)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Kraft Suspense Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Burke's Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 13 episodes · Director

  • Channing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Patty Duke Show(1963)

    Show 9 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Vacation Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Critic's Choice(1963)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • The Virginian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Alcoa Premiere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The New Bob Cummings Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Show 5 episodes · Director

  • 87th Precinct (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Show 5 episodes · Director

  • The Andy Griffith Show(1960)

    Show 9 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Checkmate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

  • The Gene Krupa Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Director

  • The Detectives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Twilight Zone(1959)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • The Dennis O'Keefe Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

  • The Troubleshooters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Catch Me If You Can! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Director

  • Perry Mason(1957)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • M Squad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • The Thin Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Show 5 episodes · Director

  • Mr. Adams and Eve (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Ride the High Iron(1956)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • General Electric Summer Originals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Deadly Riddle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Director

  • The 20th Century Fox Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents(1955)

    Show 5 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • The Jane Wyman Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Director

  • The Adventures of Hajji Baba(1954)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Studio 57 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Dear Phoebe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Skip Taylor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Director

  • The Affairs of Dobie Gillis(1953)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • A Slight Case of Larceny(1953)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Remains to Be Seen(1953)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Half a Hero(1953)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • I Love Melvin(1953)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • General Electric Theater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

  • You for Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Director · Writer

  • Just This Once (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Director

  • It's a Big Country: An American Anthology(1951)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Bannerline (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Director

  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

  • The Prowler(1951)

    Script Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • M (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Script Supervisor

  • The Men(1950)

    Dialogue Coach

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Mrs. Mike (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Script Supervisor

  • The Red Pony(1949)

    Script Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • No Minor Vices (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Dialogue Editor

Career shape

A full career of 112 titles from 1948 to 1989.

Highest rated

I Love Melvin (1953)

Midcredits 64th

Most popular right now

Beyond Westworld (1980)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing106 of 112: 104 only directing, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score42ndWriting1 of 112: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing1 of 112: 0 only producing, 1 with another roleOther crew6 of 112: 6 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1940s3 · crew1950s35 · crew1960s26 · crew1970s25 · crew1980s23 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Don Weis' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 33rd percentile, the median of all 21; across their 18 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 39th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

39thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Approval · how many liked their films

35thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Reach · how many have seen their films

33rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Midcredits score across 45 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up11
  • 50th to 74th10
  • 25th to 49th17
  • Below 25th7

Shape of the crowd

20 of their 45 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser14
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed20

Most divisive · director

Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady? (1968)

85th percentile spread · 31% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director

The Twilight Zone (1959)

Midcredits 97th · 89% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 57/100 and the pacing 52/100 in their films, across 14 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Don Weis work with?

People who share at least 2 of Don Weis' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jim Backus shares the most, 3.

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers