From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Don Weis May 13 1922 July 26 2000 was an American film and television director Weis was born in Milwaukee Wisconsin He graduated from the University of Southern California where he studied film During World War II Weis served in the Air Force as a film technician After the war he began working at MGM directing such films as Bannerline 1951 Just This Once 1952 You for Me 1952 and The Affairs of Dobie Gillis 1953 Weis began directing for television in 1954 and worked on such series as MASH Ironside It Takes a Thief Twilight Zone Happy Days Starsky and Hutch CHiPs The Courtship of Eddies Father and Hawaii FiveO among others Weis won two Directors Guild of America Awards for television direction in 1956 and again in 1958 Weis died in Santa Fe New Mexico at 78 years of age Description above from the Wikipedia article Don Weis licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia