Blayne Weaver

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]

Blayne Weaver
Born	(1976-04-09) April 9, 1976 (age 49) Bossier City, Louisiana, U.S.
Occupations	Director screenwriter actor producer teacher
Years active	1993–present
Notable work	Manic (2001) Weather Girl (2009) 6 Month Rule (2011) Cut to the Chase (2016)
Website	blayneweaver.net

Early life

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]

Career

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]

Acting credits

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
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]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
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]

Production credits

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Writer	Notes	Ref
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]

Awards

Film	Year	Award	Event	Ref
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]