Claudia Weill is an American film director best known for her film Girlfriends (1978), starring Melanie Mayron, Christopher Guest, Bob Balaban and Eli Wallach, made independently and sold to Warner Brothers after multiple awards at Cannes, Filmex and Sundance. Girlfriends would be one of 82 films made by a female director to compete at Cannes. In 2019, Girlfriends was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". It's My Turn (1980 for Columbia Pictures)—with Jill Clayburgh, Michael Douglas, and Charles Grodin—won her the Donatello, or International Oscar for best new director. Earlier work includes 30 films for Sesame Street, freelancing as a camerawoman, and numerous documentaries, notably The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir, a documentary about the first women's delegation to China in 1973, headed by Shirley MacLaine, nominated for an Academy Award and released theatrically and on PBS. Description above from the Wikipedia article Claudia Weill, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 1, 1947 (79)
- New York City, New York, USA
- Director, also writer and producer
- 6 on MovieCove · 28 credits in all
What are Claudia Weill's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 1
Grounded 4 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 1 · Intense 1
Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
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 Claudia Weill's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Claudia Weill's 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
28 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Once and Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Giving Up the Ghost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Critical Choices (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Chicago Hope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
My So-Called Life(1994)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Birdland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Face of a Stranger(1991)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
WIOU (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
thirtysomething (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Once a Hero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Johnny Bull (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Fast Times (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
The Twilight Zone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Cagney & Lacey(1981)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
It's My Turn(1980)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Girlfriends(1978)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
The Scenic Route (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Year of the Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
Matina Horner: Portrait of a Person (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
Joyce at 34 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Roaches' Lullaby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Commuters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
This is the Home of Mrs. Levant Graham (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Aspen, 1970 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Revolution (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Fran (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Career shape
A full career of 28 titles from 1968 to 1999.
Biggest box office
Girlfriends (1978)
Highest rated
Girlfriends (1978)
Most popular right now
It's My Turn (1980)
By role
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 Claudia Weill's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 69th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 70th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 6 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the pacing 37/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 42, detractors 23. 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.