Hannah Weyer

Education

Most recently, she completed a novel set in Far Rockaway, Queens entitled "On The Come Up" which was published by Nan Talese/Knoff in 2013.

Career

Weyer received her Master’s degree in Film from New York University in 1994. lieutenant was broadcast on Canal+ France, Canal+ Spain, Italy"s EDB, Channel 4 in England, and here in the United States on Public Broadcasting Service. In 2000, Weyer produced and directed Louisiana Boda, an hour-long documentary which screened at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival and the New York and Los Angeles Latino Film Festivals. Louisiana Boda first aired nationally as part of the Public Broadcasting Service program, POV-American Documentary, and then again as an "encore performance" during the series’ 2001 line-up.

Weyer then went on to complete, Louisiana Escuela which premiered on POV-American Documentary during its 2002 season.

lieutenant was selected by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) as one of 2003’s top 10 Documentaries for Young Adults. Weyer frequently collaborates with writer/director Jim Mckay (Girls Town, Our Song, Everyday People).

Along with Mckay she co-wrote the film, Angel Rodriguez (2005) which premiered on Home Box Office. She also co-wrote the Home Box Office film, Life Support (2007), directed by Nelson George. Foreign the past 15 years, Hannah has worked with teens in the media arts, volunteering at The Door, Scenarios United States of America, and Reel Works, and, along with filmmaker Jim McKay started an after school film club at a progressive high school in Brooklyn.

Achievements

• Her films have screened at the Human Rights Watch, Sundance and the New York Film Festivals and have won recognitions, including awards from LoCarno, Sundance, Doubletake Documentary and South by Southwest Film Festivals. Her documentaries aired on Public Broadcasting Service as part of the POV-American Documentary series and screenwriting credits include work that has premiered on Home Box Office, including Life Support (2007), directed by Nelson George, and which earned a Golden Globe award for its lead actress, Queen Latifah. lieutenant received a 2013 Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers award and was a National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Image Award Nominee for Debut Author. Her short film, The Salesman and Other Adventures won awards at the Sundance, Locarno, Melbourne, and Claremont-Ferrand Film Festivals. Louisiana Escuela received Special Jury Prizes from the San Antonio Film Festival and the South by Southwest Film Festival and was awarded the Music Television News/Doc Award at the Doubletake Documentary Film Festival.