About Robert B. Weide
Robert B. Weide (born June 20, 1959) is an American screenwriter and television producer. He was director and executive producer of the sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm from 1999 to 2004. He has also directed several documentaries, including four about comedians: W. C. Fields: Straight Up (1986), Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition (1989), Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth (1998) and Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011). His latest, Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time (2021), explores the life and works of Kurt Vonnegut. Weide received an Academy Award nomination for Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth (1999). He also received Emmy Awards for W. C. Fields: Head Up (1986), and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Weide's first feature film as director, How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, was released in October 2008, to generally unfavorable reviews, though it topped the United Kingdom's box office during its opening weekend. He has also directed several documentaries, four of which are based on the lives of comedians W. C. Fields, Mort Sahl, Lenny Bruce, and Woody Allen; his latest, Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time (2021), explores the life and works of Kurt Vonnegut.
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