13 Facts About Paul Weiland

Paul Weiland OBE was born on 11 July 1953 and is an English motion picture and television director, writer, and producer.

Paul Weiland has directed several British television series, including Alas Smith and Jones and Mr Bean.

Paul Weiland grew up in the Southgate section of London, England and attended De Bohun's school.

Paul Weiland left school at age 17 and worked as a messenger before becoming a copywriter.

Paul Weiland's most successful advertising campaign was a series of television commercials for Walkers crisps.

Paul Weiland was interesting, did a good job, as did David Seaman and Victoria Beckham.

In 1987, Paul Weiland made his debut as a feature film director with Leonard Part 6, a comedy starring Bill Cosby as secret agent who is called out of retirement to save the world from an evil genius who has developed the ability to brainwash small animals into killing humans.

Between 1991 and 1992, Paul Weiland directed several episodes of the Mr Bean television series starring Rowan Atkinson.

In 1994, Paul Weiland returned to feature films as the director of City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold starring Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Jon Lovitz and Jack Palance.

Paul Weiland was nominated for a BAFTA TV Award for his direction of the film.

Paul Weiland's 2006 feature film Sixty Six is an autobiographical comedy-drama based on Paul Weiland's bar mitzvah which was held on the same night as England's win over West Germany in the 1966 FIFA World Cup final.

Paul Weiland directed the last screen appearance of Sydney Pollack, in the 2008 feature Made of Honor.

Paul Weiland has won a BAFTA Award for The Storyteller: The Three Ravens.