Alan Zweig

Alan Zweig

Toronto, Canada

Alan Zweig is a Toronto documentary filmmaker known for often using film to explore his own life.

Most Known for...

Movie Picture

Vinyl 2000 (7.3)

Toronto filmmaker Alan Zweig analyzes the phenomenon of record collecting.
Movie Picture

When Jews Were Funny 2013 (6.6)

From the 1930's to the 1970's, pretty well every comedian or comic you might see on TV or the movies was Jewish. Jews came to dominate the world of western‐society comedy on radio, stage and screen alike.Why did Jews dominate comedy in this period? And why did that domination end? Were Jews just funnier back then? And if so, did that extend to your average Jew on the street? In this 90 minute documentary acclaimed director Alan Zweig will examine these questions and many others in this exploration of 20th century humour, cultural decay, and a search for a missing heritage.
Movie Picture

I, Curmudgeon 2004 (7.3)

Curmudgeon. Contrarian. Misanthrope. Naysayer. For all the people interviewed in this film, someone has used one of the above words to describe them. What have they done to deserve such labels? Everywhere these men and women go, something is being celebrated; they don’t get what all the celebration is about and they’re compelled to question it.