[5] He also worked as a legislative aide to San Francisco Supervisor Harry Britt,[6] who served after the assassination of Harvey Milk.
[7] In 1990, he was the first recipient of the Sundance Institute Mark Silverman Fellowship for New Producers, which included an internship on the Joel and Ethan Coen film Barton Fink.
[9] In the 1990s, Weissman produced a series of public service announcements that focused on the emotional and psychological toll facing HIV-negative gay men during the AIDS epidemic in the United States.
[8] In 1998, Weissman began producing and co-directing (with Bill Weber) the documentary The Cockettes,[1][2] which premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival.
[15] In 2007, Weissman co-founded (with Russ Gage) QDoc, a queer documentary film festival in Portland, Oregon.