Paul Weitz
- Born: 30 Nov, 1964
Screenwriter and director Paul Weitz first gained notice when he and his younger brother Chris (along with Todd Alcott) contributed to the screenplay for the DreamWorks/PDI computer animated feature "Antz" (1998). For this film, the writers created a movie that would have appeal for adults as well as children. A cleverly written exploration of individuality in the face of society's predetermined roles, "Antz" starred Woody Allen in what was easily his funniest role in the better part of a decade. Allen voiced Z-4195, the drone dissatisfied with his station in life who, for the love of high-class ant Princess Bala (Sharon Stone), undertakes a great adventure, becomes a hero, finds the elusive Insectopia, and foils the plans of coup minded General Mandible (Gene Hackman)....
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FAMILY & COMPANIONS
- grandfather Paul Kohner: Czech; died in March 1988
- grandmother Lupita Tovar: Mexican; born in 1910; starred in several 1930s Westerns and also the Spanish language "Dracula" (1931)
- father John Weitz: died of cancer in Nw York on October 3, 2002
- mother Susan Kohner: had notable roles in the 1950s and early 1960s, including an Oscar-nominated turn in Douglas Sirk's "Imitation of Life" (1959); retired after marriage to John Weitz
- uncle Pancho Kohner:
- brother Chris Weitz: born c. 1969; frequent collaborator
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