Weill moved to Los Angeles in 1986. Weill began directing TV episodes of
The Twilight Zone,
Thirtysomething,
My So-Called Life,
Once and Again,
Chicago Hope, and numerous pilots. More recently, she directed an episode of
Girls for HBO. As a theater director (Williamstown, The O’Neill, Sundance, ACT, Empty Space and in New York at MTC, the Public, and Circle Rep), she won the Drama Desk's Best Director Award for the premiere of Donald Margulies’
Found a Peanut produced by Joe Papp at the
Public Theater in 1984. She directed
The Belle of Belfast by Nate Rufus Edelman at EST and the Irish Repertory Theatre in New York,
Twelfth Night for Antaeus, the West Coast Premiere of Pulitzer Prize winner
Doubt by
John Patrick Shanley (with Linda Hunt) at the Pasadena Playhouse,
Memory House,
End Days,
Tape, numerous workshops of
Modern Orthodox,
Adam Baum and the Jew Movie (Goldfarb), ''The Parents' Evening
by Bathsheba Doran at the Vineyard Playhouse, and Huck and Holden'' by Rajiv Joseph at the Black Dahlia, among others. In 1979, the
Supersisters trading card set was produced and distributed; one of the cards featured Weill's name and picture. After selling
Girlfriends to
Warner Brothers,
Columbia Pictures hired Weill to direct 1980's film ''
It's My Turn''. Weill was the female boss of an all male crew. It was during this time that Weill experienced sexism and sexual harassment from producer
Ray Stark. He also interfered with her vision of the film. Due to this she directed no more feature films. Weill has taught directing for film, television and/or theater, as well as Directing for Writers at Harvard, Juilliard, Cal Arts, USC Graduate School of Cinema Studies, Columbia, The New School and Sarah Lawrence College. She mentors playwrights and directors. She has served as a juror with
Elvis Mitchell for the
Nashville Film Festival and directed several of the
Game Changers films for the
Directors Guild of America 75th Anniversary. after
Dorothy Arzner and
Ida Lupino. == Filmography ==