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Christopher John "Chris" Weitz (born November 30, 1969) is an American film producer, screenwriter, author, actor, and film director. He is the brother of filmmaker Paul Weitz. He is best known for his work with his brother, Paul Weitz, on the comedy films ''American Pie'' and ''About a Boy,'' for which the brothers, who co-directed, were nominated for an Oscar. Weitz directed the film adaptation of the novel ''The Golden Compass'' and the film adaptation of ''New Moon'' from the series of ''Twilight'' books. == Early life == Weitz was born in New York City, the son of actress Susan Kohner and Berlin-born novelist/menswear designer John Weitz. His brother is filmmaker Paul Weitz. Weitz is the grandson of Czech-born agent and producer Paul Kohner (Billy Wilder, William Wyler, Ingmar Bergman) and actress Lupita Tovar on his maternal side. Tovar, who was from Oaxaca, Mexico, starred in ''Santa'', Mexico's first talkie, in 1932, as well as a Mexican version of ''Drácula.'' On the paternal side, Weitz' grandparents escaped Nazi Germany, before which his grandfather was a successful textile manufacturer, with the family close intimates of Christopher Isherwood and Marlene Dietrich.〔 Weitz's father and maternal grandfather were Jewish, and his maternal grandmother was Catholic; he was raised in a nonreligious household. He has also described himself as a "lapsed Catholic crypto-Buddhist." As a young boy, Weitz was a member of the Knickerbocker Greys, a long-standing New York City youth marching corps that has been in existence since 1881.〔 When he was 14 years old, Weitz went to the boarding school, St Paul's School, in London where his father went.〔 He graduated with a degree in English from Trinity College at Cambridge University in Cambridge, England.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chris Weitz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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