Blayne Weaver | |
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Born | Bossier City, Louisiana, U.S. | April 9, 1976
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Years active | 1993–present |
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Website | blayneweaver |
Blayne Nutron Weaver (born April 9, 1976 in Bossier City) is an American director, screenwriter, and actor. [1] [2] Among his better-known films are Manic (2001), Weather Girl (2009), 6 Month Rule (2011), and Cut to the Chase (2016). [3] [4] [5] He has also been the voice of Peter Pan since the 2002 film Return to Never Land . [3] [6] Many of his movies are filmed in the Shreveport area, with several involving Shenandoah's film department to employ cast and crew. [4] [7] [8] [9]
Weaver was born in Bossier City, Louisiana on April 9, 1976. [2] [10] [6] From age five, Weaver acted in local plays with the Peter Pan Players in Shreveport, and later with Centenary College of Louisiana and River City Repertory Theatre. [11] [1] [12] [13] He was performing in "three shows a year" until he was fifteen, when he began traveling to Dallas to audition for larger roles. [13] After graduating from Parkway High School, [14] [1] [13] he lived in New York City for six months before relocating to Los Angeles. [13] [5]
In the 1990s, Weaver's career was mostly in television. He appeared in the made-for-TV films The Flood: Who Will Save Our Children? (1993) and The Good Old Boys (1995), followed by several bit roles on shows including ER , JAG , and Chicago Hope . [15] [1] [16] [17] In 2001, he became the new voice of Peter Pan. [3] [6] He has since appeared in shows such as House of Mouse and has done recordings for the Disney theme parks, [18] [12] including for Mickey's PhilharMagic (2003). [2] He also provided the voice for Pan in Kingdom Hearts and Disney Infinity 3.0 , [18] [1] and for Peter Pan Cookie in Cookie Run: Kingdom . [19]
In 2001, Weaver co-wrote the film Manic , which stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt. [4] [3] The film premiered at Sundance Film Festival. [4] [17] In 2004, he formed Secret Identity Productions (SIP) with childhood friend Brandon Barrera. [20] [6] Later that year, they released the short film Losing Lois Lane, which Weaver directed, wrote, and starred in. [15] [20] The film was popular online and was Weaver's directorial debut. [5] [20] Weaver also wrote, directed and starred in SIP's first feature film, Outside Sales, [4] [20] [5] which won awards on the film festival circuit[ citation needed ] and was later released on DVD. [5] SIP's next feature, Weather Girl , premiered at Slamdance Film Festival and had an ensemble cast of Tricia O'Kelley, Mark Harmon, Jon Cryer, and Jane Lynch. [4] [21] [22] Like SIP's other films, Weaver wrote, directed, and acted in the movie. It was released on Lifetime TV in October 2009 and on DVD following a festival run. [22] It won an award in the category Screenplay: Narrative Feature at the 2009 DeadCENTER Film Festival. [23]
Weaver's next major film was 6 Month Rule in 2011. It starred Martin Starr, Jaime Pressly, John Michael Higgins, and Natalie Morales [4] [24] and won best feature film and best actor (Weaver) at the 2012 Hill Country Film Festival. [25] He had his stage directorial debut in 2015 with the River City Repertory Theatre's production of True West . [26] [11] This was followed by another feature film, Cut to the Chase (2016), which Weaver wrote, directed, and starred in. The film follows an ex-con that sets out in search of his kidnapped sister through the criminal underbelly of Shreveport, Louisiana. [10] [4] This garnered a number of award wins, including best director of a feature and best actor (Weaver) in a feature at the Northeast Film Festival [14] [27] and best director at Hill Country Film Festival. [28] [14] [29] In 2017, he played Black Stache in Peter and the Starcatcher at Stage Center in Shreveport. [30] The company gave him a "Diva" Performance Award. [31]
Weaver's role in Michael Howard's Where We're Meant to Be [32] earned him a nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the Eastern North Carolina Film Festival.[ citation needed ] His next film, Santa Girl (2019), was released through Netflix and premiered at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Winchester, Virginia. [33] [4] This was one of several films shot in collaboration with Shenandoah University's film department. [4] Also in 2019, he became Shenandoah's first Director in Residence, and later signed on as an adjunct professor of film studies. [4] [34] Other movies filmed with Shenandoah include GetAWAY (2020), Cupid for Christmas (2021), and Miss Valentine (2024). [4] [7] [8] [9] GetAWAY premiered at the DeadCENTER Film Festival in 2020. [35] Also in 2020, Weaver co-wrote American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules with David H. Steinberg. [3] He has been a faculty member of American Musical and Dramatic Academy in camera acting since 2024. [17]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
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2001 | Manic | Charlie | [4] [3] [17] [16] | |
Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse | Peter Pan (voice) | Direct-to-video | [1] [12] | |
2002 | Return to Never Land | [3] [6] [1] [16] | ||
2004 | The Lion King 1½ | Direct-to-video | [ citation needed ] | |
Losing Lois Lane | Clark Kent/Superman | Short film | [15] [20] | |
2006 | Outside Sales | Kirk Hastings | [5] [16] [36] | |
2008 | Uncross the Stars | George | [ citation needed ] | |
Damn You Stephen Hawking | Stephen Hawking | Short film | [ citation needed ] | |
2009 | Weather Girl | William | [4] [16] [37] | |
Official Rejection | Self | [17] [38] | ||
2010 | Mr. Autry's Bonus | Mike Fern | Short film | [ citation needed ] |
2011 | The FP | Gas Station Attendant | [39] | |
6 Month Rule | Tyler | [4] [24] [16] | ||
2012 | Junk | Eugene | [17] [40] | |
2013 | Favor | Kip | [17] [13] [41] [42] | |
Deep Dark Canyon | Tom Cavanaugh | [17] [43] | ||
2015 | Rag Doll | Man | Short film | [ citation needed ] |
In Progress | Jonas[ citation needed ] | Short film | [44] | |
2016 | Where We're Meant to Be | Charlie McIntire | [17] [2] | |
Cut to the Chase | Max Chase | [10] [4] | ||
Hard Sell | Tim[ citation needed ] | [16] | ||
2019 | Ghosted | Ben | Short film | [ citation needed ] |
2020 | American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules | Fred Sawyer | [45] | |
2024 | Fluorescent Beast | Mickey Mears | [34] [2] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
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1993 | The Flood: Who Will Save Our Children? | Jeff Bowman | Television film | [20] [16] |
1995 | The Good Old Boys | Tommy Calloway | [17] [20] [16] [46] | |
JAG | Private First Class Douglas[ citation needed ] | Episode: "War Cries"[ citation needed ] | [15] [1] | |
1997 | ER | Jeffrey[ citation needed ] | Episode: "You Bet Your Life"[ citation needed ] | [17] [15] [1] |
1998 | Chicago Hope | Luke Serone | Episode: "Broken Hearts" | [15] [1] [47] |
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction | Episode: "The Chalkboard" | [ citation needed ] | ||
Winchell | Country Club Worker[ citation needed ] | Television film | [16] | |
2002 | House of Mouse | Peter Pan (voice) | Episodes: "Donald Wants to Fly", "Super Goof"[ citation needed ] | [12] |
2004 | The King of Queens | D.J. | Episode: "Precedent Nixin'" | [ citation needed ] |
NCIS | P.O. Darrell Baum | Episode: "The Good Wives Club"[ citation needed ] | [17] [2] | |
2008 | The Middleman | Dean Schon | Episode: "The Manicoid Teleportation Conundrum"[ citation needed ] | [17] [5] [2] |
2018 | Gone | Father Beiler | Episode: "Secuestrado" | [ citation needed ] |
Year | Title | Director | Producer | Writer | Notes | Ref |
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2001 | Manic | Yes | Co-wrote with Michael Bacall | [4] [3] [17] [48] [16] | ||
2004 | Losing Lois Lane | Yes | Yes | Yes | [15] | |
2006 | Outside Sales | Yes | Yes | Yes | [4] [17] [5] [16] | |
2008 | The Prince & Me: A Royal Honeymoon | Yes | [16] [2] | |||
2009 | Weather Girl | Yes | Yes | Yes | [4] [17] [16] | |
2010 | The Prince & Me: The Elephant Adventure | Yes | [2] | |||
2011 | Honey 2 | Yes | Co-written with Alyson Fouse | [49] [2] | ||
6 Month Rule | Yes | Yes | [4] [24] [16] | |||
Broken | Yes | Short film | [ citation needed ] | |||
2012 | Akuma | Yes | Co-written with Joe Bockol and Deon Taylor | [16] [50] | ||
2016 | Cut to the Chase | Yes | Yes | [10] [4] | ||
2019 | Santa Girl | Yes | Yes | [4] [17] | ||
Ghosted | Yes | [51] | ||||
2020 | GetAWAY | Yes | Yes | Yes | [52] [9] [17] [2] | |
2020 | American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules | Yes | Co-wrote with David H. Steinberg | [53] | ||
2021 | The In-Between | Yes | [2] | |||
Cupid for Christmas | Yes | Yes | [7] [17] [2] | |||
Hit | Yes | [54] | ||||
2023 | Pretty Stoned | Yes | [2] | |||
2024 | Miss Valentine | Yes | Yes | [8] [17] |
Film | Year | Award | Event | Ref |
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Weather Girl | 2009 | Screenplay: Narrative Feature | DeadCENTER Film Festival | [23] [38] |
6 Month Rule | 2012 | Best Feature Film | Hill Country Film Festival | [25] |
Best Actor | [25] | |||
Official Selection for Narrative Feature Film | [25] | |||
Cut to the Chase | 2016 | Best Director of a Feature | Northeast Film Festival | [14] [27] |
Best Actor in a Feature | [14] [27] | |||
Best Director | Hill Country Film Festival | [28] [14] [29] | ||
Official Selection for Narrative Feature Film | [29] | |||
Best Director | Philadelphia Independent Film Festival | [14] | ||
Ghosted | 2019 | Top 20 Films and Filmmakers | Louisiana Film Prize | [51] |
Top 5 | [55] | |||
Hit | 2021 | Top 20 Films and Filmmakers | [54] | |
Chronofilm: The Web Series | 2025 | Best Ensemble | Vegas Movie Awards | [56] |