Sam Weiss

Movies

G.I. Joe: The Revenge of Cobra
Director
G.I. Joe: The Revenge of Cobra is the second G.I. Joe miniseries based on the successful Hasbro Toys and Marvel Comics property. Using a laser core stolen from G.I.Joe, Cobra activates the Weather Dominator, an incredible weapon which controls the forces of Nature itself, Cobra Commander targets Washington for destruction, but the Joe team repels the attack and the Weather Dominator explodes into three parts setting off a chain reaction of natural disasters around the world. Can G.I.Joe recover the Weather Dominator in time to beat Cobra and save the world. It aired in 1984 and most of the 1984 and even some 1985 products are given plenty of screen time. Like the first miniseries, A Real American Hero, The Revenge of Cobra was written by Ron Friedman who created the series for television, and wrote all four miniseries.
Wrong Way Kid
Director
Chris is an insecure boy who, after an encounter with a 203-year-old bookworm, begins developing his self-confidence; he does things the wrong way: derrierewards, frontwards, upside down, inside out, etc.
The Reluctant Dragon
Director
About a peaceful, poetry-loving dragon, and St. George the dragon-slayer, who is engaged by the villagers to kill him. Together with the help of the dragon's friend, they stage a rousing fake battle.
Creole
Director
A BAFTA award nominated animation.
Ghost in the Shed
Director
The spirit of a murdered salesman tries to get a family to find his body buried in their backyard shed.
To Try Again... and Succeed
Director
Nate the Great Goes Undercover
Director
Based on the story of the same title by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, about Nate the Great, a 10-year-old, who tries to solve the mystery of the garbage snatcher
The Youth Who Wanted to Shiver
Director
a young boy named Jack fears nothing. So, he sets out to learn how to shiver.
Hans in Luck
Director
Animated short film based on "Hans in Luck" (German: Hans im Glück), a fairy tale of Germanic origin, recorded by the Brothers Grimm.
The Legend of John Henry
Director
The folk legend of John Henry, and his contest with a steam engine to cut a railroad tunnel through a mountain, is told in song by Roberta Flack.
Metric Meets the Inchworm
Director
Metric Meets the Inchworm is an Animation and Short movie directed by Sam Weiss with Jack Angel and Jay Lawrence.
The Cave
Director
Carried by a rich narration from Orson Welles, this rarely seen 1973 animated adaptation of Plato’s 'allegory of the cave' populates the tale with haunting human figures, bringing retro-surreal life to the parable.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Director
John Carradine narrates the Washington Irving story of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman.
Freedom River
Director
Uplifting modern day parable about mankind getting along together. Narrated by Orson Welles. Animation directed by Sam Weiss.
The Fast and the Furious
Supervising Technical Director
A man wrongly imprisoned for murder breaks out of jail. He wants to clear his name, but with the police pursuing him, he's forced to take a beautiful young woman, driving a fast sports car, hostage and slip into a cross-border sports car race to try to make it to Mexico before the police get him.