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David Weissman is a filmmaker, producer and director.[1] His works include the Emmy-nominated We Were Here documentary[2] and The Cockettes, and he is also the director of short films.[3]

Early life

Weissman was born in Los Angeles and went to University High School. He moved to San Francisco in 1976, and became active in politics, eventually taking a job as a legislative aide to San Francisco Supervisor Harry Britt following the assassination of Harvey Milk.[4][5]

Career

Weissman began his work in film as a student at the City College of San Francisco in the early 1980s.[6] In 1990, he was a recipient of the Sundance Institute's Mark Silverman Fellowship for New Producers, resulting in him being an intern on the film Barton Fink. He later worked as assistant cameraperson on the Oscar-winning documentary film In the Shadow of the Stars and as well as Terry Zwigoff's Crumb.[7]

Beginning in the mid-1980s, Weissman began producing short films, including a series of independently produced public service announcements that focused on the emotional and psychological toll facing HIV-negative gay men during the epidemic.[8]

In 2014, he began working on a documentary interview series, Conversations with Gay Elders, in which he works in partnership with gay men in their 20s and 30s as editors to profile gay men in their 70s and 80s.[9][10] The first interview in the series was released in 2017.[11][12] Six interviews have so far been released.[13]

In 2011, Weissman co-founded QDoc, a queer film festival in Portland, Oregon.[14]

References

  1. ^ McKinley, Jesse (2 September 2011). "One City's Plague Years, in Small Details". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  2. ^ Miller, Robert (11 June 2018). "Bringing gay elders' stories alive for the next generation". The Jewish News of Northern California. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  3. ^ "We Were Here". PBS. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  4. ^ Smith, Nigel. "David Weissman Talks About His Harrowing AIDS Doc "We Were Here"". IndieWire. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Filmmaker David Weissman on "We Were Here"". San Francisco Examiner. 20 Feb 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  6. ^ Smith, Nigel. "David Weissman Talks About His Harrowing AIDS Doc "We Were Here"". IndieWire. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  7. ^ "David Weissman: Filmmography". IMDb.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  8. ^ "DAVID WEISSMAN: SHORTS". VisualAids.com. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Origins: Conversations with Gay Elders". DavidWeissmanFilms.com. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  10. ^ Walker-Dack, Roger. "Conversations With Gay Elders". EdgeMediaNetwork.com. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  11. ^ Albo, Mike (16 September 2016). "Did the Internet Make Dating Worse for Gay People". VICE. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  12. ^ Miller, Robert (11 June 2018). "Bringing gay elders' stories alive for the next generation". The Jewish News of Northern California. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Conversations With Gay Elders". DavidWeissmanFilms.com. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  14. ^ Baer, April. "QDoc: Portland Festival Marks 10 Years Of Queer Cinema". Oregon Public Broadcasting. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
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