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Chris Weitz
Bookish with Sonya Walger
English - September 22, 2017 03:32 - 1 hour - ★★★★★ - 91 ratingsTV & Film Arts Performing Arts politics finance health business entrepreneurship leadership interview dax shepard armchair expert books Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Chris Weitz is a film producer, screenwriter, author, actor and film director. He and his brother, Paul wrote a little known movie called American Pie, and also together adapted and directed About a Boy which went on to be nominated for an Academy Award for best adapted screenplay. He directed New Moon from the Twilight series, the film adaptation of The Golden Compass and co-wrote Rogue One; A Star Wars Story. He was generous enough to be my guinea pig and tell me about his 5 most formative books.
Chris's Books
• Seed of Zeus: Gods, Heroes and Monsters of Greek Mythology by Mark Diller
• Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
• Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
• Eminent Victorians by Lytton Strachey
• Don Juan by Lord Byron
• The Dungeon Masters Guide by Gary Gygax
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Chris Weitz is a film producer, screenwriter, author, actor and film director. He and his brother, Paul wrote a little known movie called American Pie, and also together adapted and directed About a Boy which went on to be nominated for an Academy Award for best adapted screenplay. He directed New Moon from the Twilight series, the film adaptation of The Golden Compass and co-wrote Rogue One; A Star Wars Story. He was generous enough to be my guinea pig and tell me about his 5 most formative books.
Chris's Books
• Seed of Zeus: Gods, Heroes and Monsters of Greek Mythology by Mark Diller
• Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
• Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
• Eminent Victorians by Lytton Strachey
• The Dungeon Masters Guide by Gary Gygax
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