Christopher Weekes
{{Short description|Australian film director and producer}}
{{For|the politician|Christopher Weekes (MP)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2012}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Christopher Weekes
| image =
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| caption = Weekes in 2012
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|03|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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| occupation = Director, Writer, Actor,
| yearsactive = 2004–present
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Christopher Weekes (born 22 March 1980) is an Australian film director, film producer, actor, and screenwriter. He is best known for writing, directing and acting in the 2008 film Bitter & Twisted[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448205/ "Bitter & Twisted on IMDB"] and for topping the 2009 Hollywood Blacklist with his spec screenplay "The Muppet Man".{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/11/christopher-weekes-the-mu_n_388818.html |title=Christopher Weekes' "The Muppet Man" Tops The Black List |work=HuffPost|date= 11 December 2009|accessdate=2012-07-26 |first=Billy |last=Silverman}}
Career
In 2008, Weekes wrote, directed, and acted in the feature Bitter & Twisted, which had its international premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.tribecafilm.com/filmguide/archive/Bitter__Twisted.html |title=Film Guide Archive | Bitter & Twisted |publisher=TribecaFilm.com |accessdate=2012-07-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119002850/http://www.tribecafilm.com/filmguide/archive/Bitter__Twisted.html |archivedate=19 January 2012}} It won the Australian Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress{{cite web |url=http://www.fcca.com.au/main/page_award_archive.html |title=Film Critics Circle of Australia |publisher=Fcca.com.au |accessdate=2012-07-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125092626/http://fcca.com.au/award-archive/ |archivedate=25 January 2014}} as well as being nominated for two Australian Film Institute Awards,{{Cite web |url=http://www.afi.org.au/Content/NavigationMenu/MediaRoom/MediaReleases/29.10.2008_2008_AFI_Awards_NOMS_ANNOUNCEMENT.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=25 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320154143/http://www.afi.org.au/Content/NavigationMenu/MediaRoom/MediaReleases/29.10.2008_2008_AFI_Awards_NOMS_ANNOUNCEMENT.pdf |archive-date=20 March 2012 |url-status=dead }} an Independent Film Award{{cite web |url=http://if.com.au/2008/10/01/article/HZSSCKMMGR.html |title=IF Award nominations announced |publisher=If.com.au |accessdate=2012-07-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120412170617/http://if.com.au/2008/10/01/article/HZSSCKMMGR.html |archive-date=12 April 2012 |url-status=dead }} and three MIFF awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.miff.it/nominees_christopherweekes.php?lang=1 |title=MIFF Film Festival Awards 2012 - Milano |publisher=Miff.it |accessdate=2012-07-26}}
In 2009, it was announced that Weekes would be rewriting the screenplay Waterproof for Legendary Pictures and director Kevin Lima.{{cite news|last=Graser |first=Marc |url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118007226?refCatId=13 |title='Waterproof' gets rewrite - Entertainment News, Film News, Media |work=Variety |date=2009-08-12 |accessdate=2012-07-26}}
Also in 2009, his spec screenplay "The Muppet Man",[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1566638/ The Muppet Man (2013) - IMDb] about the life and death of Jim Henson, topped the Hollywood Blacklist.{{cite web|last=Finke |first=Nikki |url=https://deadline.com/2009/12/the-black-list-to-be-posted-here-in-entirety-19919/ |title=The Black List 2009: Full Roster |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=11 December 2009 |access-date=2012-07-26}} It is currently in development with Walt Disney Pictures and The Jim Henson Company.{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-muppets-jason-segel-amy-adams-jim-henson-250805?page=4 |title=Kermit as Mogul, Farting Fozzie Bear: How Disney's Muppets Movie Has Purists Rattled |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=2011-10-20 |accessdate=2012-07-26 |first=Kim |last=Masters}}
In 2011, it was announced that Weekes would be writing "Ponzi's Scheme",[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1456959/ Ponzi's Scheme (2012) - IMDb] based on the book of the same name by Mitchell Zuckoff, for director Miloš Forman.{{cite news|last=Cox |first=Gordon |url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118035940 |title='Ponzi's' scheme afoot - Entertainment News, Film News, Media |work=Variety |date=2011-04-27 |accessdate=2012-07-26}}
Filmography
= Actor =
- 1988 A Country Practice
- 2002 All Saints
- 2008 Bitter & Twisted
- 2012 Puberty Blues
= Director =
- 2008 Bitter & Twisted
= Writer =
- 2008 Bitter & Twisted
- 2009 "The Muppet Man"
- 2011 "Ponzi's Scheme"
References
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Category:Australian film directors
Category:Australian film producers
Category:Australian screenwriters