Sam Weisman is an American

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, ...

. He has directed the films '' D2: The Mighty Ducks'', '' Bye Bye Love'', '' George of the Jungle'', '' The Out-of-Towners'', '' What's the Worst That Could Happen?'', and '' Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star''. Weisman is a 1973 graduate of Brandeis University's MFA program in Acting and Directing. He earned a BA in Music History from Yale University, where he was a member of the second longest running a cappella group in the nation,

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. His brother was the film producer David Weisman. Sam Weisman is married to former ''

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'' actress

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, with whom he has two children: Marguerite Weisman, an editorial assistant an editor at Penguin Random House, and Daniel Weisman, formerly a music manager, who managed Capital Cities,

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, now in wealth management.

Filmography

* '' Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star'' (2003) * '' What's the Worst That Could Happen?'' (2001) *'' The Out-of-Towners'' (1999) * '' George of the Jungle'' (1997) * '' Bye Bye Love'' (1995) * '' D2: The Mighty Ducks'' (1994) * ''Mimi & Me'' (1991) * '' The Art of Being Nick'' (1986) *''Taking It Home'' (1986)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Weisman, Sam American film directors 1947 births American television directors Comedy film directors Living people Brandeis University alumni Yale School of Music alumni