Gary Weimberg is an American film director, producer, writer, and editor. He is best known for his documentary films, which have been featured at many film festivals and won numerous awards.
Weimberg was raised in Los Angeles, California and graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 1984. He began his career as an editor on the film "The Killing Time" in 1987. After that, he worked as an editor on several other films, including "The Lost Boys" and "Heavenly Creatures." In 1995, he wrote and directed his first feature-length documentary, "The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg," which was nominated for an Academy Award.
In 1999, Weimberg wrote and directed the documentary "The Last Days," which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The film focuses on the five remaining survivors of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Weimberg's other documentaries include "The Rape of Europa" (2006), "The Weather Underground" (2008), and "The Invisible War" (2012). He has also written and directed several narrative films, such as "The Secret Lives of Dentists" (2002) and "Bamako" (2006).
In addition to his filmmaking work, Weimberg has also served as a professor at USC's School of Cinematic Arts. He has taught classes on documentary filmmaking and has been involved in organizing the school's annual student film festival.
Weimberg has been honored with numerous awards, including the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, a Primetime Emmy nomination, and a Peabody Award. He has also been the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship in Film and Video.
Weimberg continues to make documentaries that explore the lives of people and their struggles in society. His work has been praised for its insightfulness and sensitivity. He is currently working on a new documentary about the U.S. military's use of torture.
