American Pie (film series)
American Pie is a film series, consisting of eight sex comedy films. The first film in the series was released in 1999, by Universal Pictures, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, and gained a cult following amongst young people. The second and third films were released at two-year intervals, whereas the fourth film was released in 2012. A spin-off film series titled "American Pie Presents", which includes four direct-to-video films was released from 2005 to 2009.
Paul Weitz (filmmaker)
Weitz began his film career as a co-writer on the 1998 animated film "Antz". He followed this with work on various sitcoms such as "Off Centre" and the 1998 revival of the 1977 series "Fantasy Island". In 1999, he and Chris directed and produced "American Pie", which was written by Adam Herz, and became a major box office success. Weitz returned as executive producer on the film's two theatrical sequels.