Blayne Weaver
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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]
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 circuitScript error: No such module "Unsubst". 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". 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 | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | |
| Losing Lois Lane | Clark Kent/Superman | Short film | [15][20] | |
| 2006 | Outside Sales | Kirk Hastings | [5][16][36] | |
| 2008 | Uncross the Stars | George | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | |
| Damn You Stephen Hawking | Stephen Hawking | Short film | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | |
| 2009 | Weather Girl | William | [4][16][37] | |
| Official Rejection | Self | [17][38] | ||
| 2010 | Mr. Autry's Bonus | Mike Fern | Short film | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". |
| 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 | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". |
| In Progress | JonasScript error: No such module "Unsubst". | Short film | [44] | |
| 2016 | Where We're Meant to Be | Charlie McIntire | [17][2] | |
| Cut to the Chase | Max Chase | [10][4] | ||
| Hard Sell | TimScript error: No such module "Unsubst". | [16] | ||
| 2019 | Ghosted | Ben | Short film | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". |
| 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 DouglasScript error: No such module "Unsubst". | Episode: "War Cries"Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | [15][1] | |
| 1997 | ER | JeffreyScript error: No such module "Unsubst". | Episode: "You Bet Your Life"Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | [17][15][1] |
| 1998 | Chicago Hope | Luke Serone | Episode: "Broken Hearts" | [15][1][47] |
| Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction | Episode: "The Chalkboard" | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | ||
| Winchell | Country Club WorkerScript error: No such module "Unsubst". | Television film | [16] | |
| 2002 | House of Mouse | Peter Pan (voice) | Episodes: "Donald Wants to Fly", "Super Goof"Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | [12] |
| 2004 | The King of Queens | D.J. | Episode: "Precedent Nixin'" | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". |
| NCIS | P.O. Darrell Baum | Episode: "The Good Wives Club"Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | [17][2] | |
| 2008 | The Middleman | Dean Schon | Episode: "The Manicoid Teleportation Conundrum"Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | [17][5][2] |
| 2018 | Gone | Father Beiler | Episode: "Secuestrado" | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". |
Production credits
| Year | Title | Director | Producer | Writer | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Manic | Yes Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Co-wrote with Michael Bacall | [4][3][17][48][16] | ||
| 2004 | Losing Lois Lane | Yes Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 2006 | Outside Sales | Yes Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 2008 | The Prince & Me: A Royal Honeymoon | Yes Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 2009 | Weather Girl | Yes Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 2010 | The Prince & Me: The Elephant Adventure | Yes Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
[2] | |||
| 2011 | Honey 2 | Yes Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Co-written with Alyson Fouse | [49][2] | ||
| 6 Month Rule | Yes Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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[4][24][16] | |||
| Broken | Yes Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Short film | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | |||
| 2012 | Akuma | Yes Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Co-written with Joe Bockol and Deon Taylor | [16][50] | ||
| 2016 | Cut to the Chase | Yes Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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[10][4] | ||
| 2019 | Santa Girl | Yes Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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[4][17] | ||
| Ghosted | Yes Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
[51] | ||||
| 2020 | GetAWAY | Yes Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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[52][9][17][2] | |
| 2020 | American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules | Yes Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Co-wrote with David H. Steinberg | [53] | ||
| 2021 | The In-Between | Yes Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
[2] | |||
| Cupid for Christmas | Yes Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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[7][17][2] | |||
| Hit | Yes Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
[54] | ||||
| 2023 | Pretty Stoned | Yes Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
[2] | |||
| 2024 | Miss Valentine | Yes Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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[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] |
References
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External links
- Official Website
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- Secret Identity Productions