Valerie Weiss

Valerie Heather Weiss (born 1973) is an American filmmaker and producer. She has directed and produced numerous films and founded the production company PhD Productions in 2004, which focuses on developing films rooted in science.

Early life

Weiss was raised in Philadelphia, PA. She attended Princeton University where she majored in Molecular Biology and earned a Certificate in Theater and Dance. She then attended Harvard University where she earned a Ph.D. in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology as well as a Masters in Medical Sciences from Harvard Medical School. While at Harvard, she founded and was the Filmmaker-in-residence and Festival Director of the Dudley House Film Program, the organization's film program for graduate students from 1999-2003. Valerie was accepted into the Catalyst Workshop at the American Film Institute, which was for scientists who wanted to develop science into movies. She had already begun to develop the idea for Losing Control, but this was the first time she ever discussed it publicly. Later she was accepted to the American Film Institute’s prestigious Directing Workshop for Women where they went through three weeks of classes and each received some funds and equipment to make a short film within one week. She made a sci-fi social satire film called Transgressions.

Valerie

Valerie may refer to:

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Valerie (film)

Valerie is a 1957 Western film starring Sterling Hayden, and Anita Ekberg and Anthony Steel, who were married at the time. It was their only film together

Plot

Rancher John Garth is arrested for critically wounding his wife Valerie and killing her parents. During the trial, we flashback to the lead up to the incident.

Cast

DVD

Valerie was released to DVD by MGM Home Video on September 26, 2011 vie MGM's MOD (manufacture-on-demand) program available through Amazon.

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Valerie (Steve Winwood song)

"Valerie" is a song written by Steve Winwood and Will Jennings and originally recorded by Winwood for his third solo album Talking Back to the Night, in 1982.

Background

The song deals with a man reminiscing about a lost love he hopes to find again someday. Will Jennings reportedly wrote the lyrics while thinking about singer Valerie Carter, whose career was declining because of drugs. On its original release, the single reached number 51 on the UK Singles Chart and number 70 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

In 1987, a remix by Tom Lord-Alge was included as a single from Winwood's compilation album Chronicles. The remixed version of "Valerie" climbed to number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in late December 1987, and also reached number 19 on the UK Singles Chart. Both versions also reached #13 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.

DJ Falcon recalled in an interview that he and Thomas Bangalter, as a duo called Together, had sampled "Valerie" to create a simple loop that they used in DJ sets. Falcon added that the duo had no intention of releasing it as a single, despite demand from various outlets.