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Diane Weyermann is an award-winning American filmmaker.
In 2011 Weyermann shared the 2011 News & Documentary Emmy Award for an episode of the PBS documentary series P.O.V..In 2017 she shared two awards An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, the Audience Award at the Biografilm Festival, and the Greenpeace - Lurra Award, at the San Sebastián International Film Festival.
Weyermann directed a documentary about Eddy Balchowsky, an American veteran of the Spanish Civil War.
She was the director of the Open Society Institute New York’s Arts and Culture Program.She directed the Sundance Institute’s Documentary Film Program, until 2005, when she joined the management of Participant Media.
In 2008 Standard Operating Procedure, a documentary directed by Errol Morris, about the Abu Ghraib scandal, was criticized when the press learned some of the individuals covered by the film has received monetary compensation.The New York Times quoted Weyermann defending the practice, saying that, while it wasn't commonly talked about, it was a common practice of documentary filmmakers who wanted to make sure they weren't exploiting their subjects.
Weyermann was co-chair, for 2019 and 2020, with Larry Karaszewski, of the Motion Picture Academy's international feature film executive committee, and so played a role in helping the Academy evolve how Oscars were awarded to films from outside North America.