How I Dug Up Elizabeth Weitzman’s Story
So yesterday I saw this name “Elizabeth Weitzman” in some movie credits online. Kinda got curious, y’know? Wondered who she actually is. Grabbed my laptop around breakfast time and just googled her name straight up.
First results? Totally messy. Got a bunch of LinkedIn profiles, some random scientists, even found a real estate agent. Zero clue which one was the right person. Felt frustrated already, scrolling through page after page. Decided to add the word “critic” to my search, ’cause I remembered seeing her mentioned with movie stuff.
Boom! Suddenly her IMDb page pops up. Clicked that open like it was Christmas morning. Saw she’s listed as a “contributor” for the New York Daily News? Then scrolled down her credits list. Whoa. She wrote about all kinds of movies for years – big blockbusters, tiny indies, everything. Kept clicking through her credits, realizing she covered film festivals like Sundance and Toronto too.
Still felt I was missing her whole picture. Switched tabs and jumped onto Amazon. Typed her name into the search bar. Found a few books she wrote! One about “Renegade Women in Film” totally caught my eye. Added that to my “save for later” pile. Needed to know her background though. Scrolled back to Google, this time adding “New York Times” – thought maybe she wrote for them too. Yep! Confirmed she used to be a staff critic there before going freelance.
Started connecting the dots:
- Studied film & journalism (found an old university alumni page mention)
- Wrote for major papers like NY Daily News & NY Times forever
- Covers film festivals constantly
- Wrote books about movies and filmmakers
Then, digging deeper into old interviews on media sites, stumbled on a golden nugget: she used to be a member of the New York Film Critics Circle! Even saw she got mentioned by the National Entertainment Journalism Awards once. Pretty big deal. Totally felt like a detective putting this puzzle together, piece by piece.
By the afternoon, I felt I had her whole career map laid out in my head. Started scribbling notes on a pad – not fancy, just quick messy points. Felt amazing figuring it out myself instead of just reading some bio. Anyways, that’s basically how I spent my Tuesday, tracing Elizabeth Weitzman’s steps from curious name-drop to respected critic, author, and industry voice. Kinda crazy what you can unearth when you start poking around online!
