Robert B. Weide
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About
American film and television producer, director and screenwriter known for producing and directing Curb Your Enthusiasm and Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth. He was also screenwriter for The Giver. He has produced many documentaries about comedians and notable figures, including W.C. Fields, Mort Sahl, Lenny Bruce, Woody Allen and Kurt Vonnegut Jr..
Before Fame
In 1978, he took film production courses at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, California. There, he worked on producing his first film, The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell, which was later broadcast on PBS in 1982, and became "one of the highest-rated programs in PBS history."
Trivia
He is a big fan of the American family comedy act known as The Marx Brothers. His Curb Your Enthusiasm credit "Directed by Robert B. Weide" became a meme, and is often placed at the end of comedic video clips.
Family Life
He is married to Linda Bates.
Associated With
He worked with Larry David on Curb Your Enthusiasm.
