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Valerie Weiss
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| Alma mater | Princeton University Harvard Medical School |
| Occupation | Filmmaker Producer |
| Spouse(s) | Robert Johnson |
Valerie Heather Weiss is an American filmmaker and producer.
Early life
Valerie Weiss is a filmmaker and scientist. She grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She attended Princeton University, where she majored in molecular biology. She got a Ph.D. in biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology and a master's degree in medical sciences from Harvard Medical School. While at Harvard, she founded and was the filmmaker-in-residence and festival director of the Dudley House Film Program, the organization's film program for graduate students from 1999 to 2003. Later she was accepted to the American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women, where she made a sci-fi social satire film called Transgressions.
PhD Productions
In 2004 Weiss founded PhD Productions, a film company, with her husband Robert Johnson.
Personal life
Valerie met her future husband Robert Johnson at Princeton as cast members in the production of Cyrano de Bergerac.
Filmography
Director
| Year | Title |
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| 2023 | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - episode #12: "Ad Astra per Aspera" |
| 2023 | Outer Banks - episode #6: "The Dark Forest" episode #8: "Tapping the Rudder" |
| 2022 | Echoes - episode #7: "Falls" |
| 2022 | Monarch - episode #2: "There Can Only Be One Queen" episode #5: "Death and Christmas" |
| 2021 | Mixtape |
| 2021 | Outer Banks - episode #5: "The Darkest Hour" |
| 2020 | Outer Banks - episode #7: "Dead Calm" episode #8: "The Runway" |
| 2019 | Prodigal Son - episode #10: "Silent Night" |
| Why Women Kill - episode #4: "You Had Me at Homicide" | |
| For the People - episode #18: "Moral Suasion" | |
| The Resident - episode #27: "Virtually Impossible" | |
| The Rookie - episode #16: "Greenlight" | |
| 2018 | How to Get Away with Murder - episode #63: "The Baby Was Never Dead" |
| Impulse - episode #6: "In Memoriam" | |
| Scandal - episode #119: "Air Force Two" | |
| The Librarians - episode #39: "And a Town Called Feud" | |
| 2017-19 | Suits episode #98: "Home to Roost" episode #113: "Good Mudding" episode #120: "Whale Hunt" |
| 2017-18 | Chicago Med episode #37: "Ctrl Alt" episode #47: "Ties That Bind" episode #69: "Play By My Rules" |
| 2017 | Chicago P.D. - episode #93: "Monster" |
| The Archer | |
| 2016 | An American Girl Story: Maryellen 1955 Extraordinary Christmas |
| 2015 | A Light Beneath Their Feet |
| 2011 | Losing Control |
| 2009 | In the Mix |
| 2006 | Transgressions |
| 2004 | I Love You |
| 2003 | Dance By Design |
Producer
| Year | Title |
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| 2015 | A Light Beneath Their Feet |
| 2014 | Bread and Butter |
| 2011 | Losing Control |
| 2004 | I Love You |
Writer
| Year | Title |
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| 2011 | Losing Control |
| 2004 | I Love You |
| 2003 | Dance By Design |
Actress
| Year | Title |
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| 2003 | Dance By Design |
