- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- June 12, 1879
- Place of Birth
- Allegheny City [now Pittsburgh], Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- November 13, 1939
Lois Weber
Lois Weber began film work as an actress, then soon began also writing and directing films. She has been referred to as "the most important female director the American film industry has known". Best known for her hard-hitting films that address social issues, she continued making films into the 1920s until she lost favor with motion picture audiences.
Filmography
movieThe Women Who Run Hollywood
2016 · Self (archive footage)
movieEarly Directors on Directing
2009 · Self
movieWhite Heat
1934 · Writer, Director
movieThe Angel of Broadway
1927 · Director
movieTopsy and Eva
1927 · Adaptation, Screenplay
movieSensation Seekers
1927 · Director, Writer
movieThe Marriage Clause
1926 · Writer, Director
movieA Chapter in Her Life
1923 · Director, Adaptation, Screenplay
movieWhat Do Men Want?
1921 · Director, Writer
movieThe Blot
1921 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieToo Wise Wives
1921 · Director, Producer, Story, Screenplay
movieWhat's Worth While?
1921 · Producer, Writer, Director
movieTo Please One Woman
1920 · Director, Writer
movieForbidden
1919 · Director, Writer
movieHome
1919 · Director, Writer
movieMary Regan
1919 · Scenario Writer, Director, Screenplay
movieA Midnight Romance
1919 · Writer, Director
movieWhen a Girl Loves
1919 · Writer, Director
movieBorrowed Clothes
1918 · Director, Writer
movieFor Husbands Only
1918 · Producer, Director, Adaptation, Screenplay
movieThe Doctor and the Woman
1918 · Director, Writer
movieTarzan of the Apes
1918 · Writer
movieThe Price of a Good Time
1917 · Director, Writer, Editor
movieThe Hand That Rocks the Cradle
1917 · Mrs. Broome, Director, Writer, Producer
movieEven as You and I
1917 · Director
movieThe Mysterious Mrs. M
1917 · Director, Writer
Alone in the World
movieAlone in the World
1917
movieThe People vs. John Doe
1916 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieWanted- A Home
1916 · Producer, Story
movieIdle Wives
1916 · Anne, Director, Writer, Producer, Adaptation
movieSaving the Family Name
1916 · Director, Writer
movieShoes
1916 · Director, Producer, Writer
movieThe Eye of God
1916 · Renie, Scenario Writer, Director
movieWhere Are My Children?
1916 · Director, Producer, Writer
John Needham's Double
movieJohn Needham's Double
1916 · Director
The Flirt
movieThe Flirt
1916 · Writer, Director
movieHop - The Devil's Brew
1916 · Lydia Jansen, Scenario Writer, Director, Screenplay
movieThe Dumb Girl of Portici
1916 · Producer, Adaptation, Director
movieDiscontent
1916 · Director, Writer
movieJewel
1915 · Writer
A Cigarette - That's All
movieA Cigarette - That's All
1915 · Director
movieScandal
1915 · Daisy Dean, Director, Writer
movieBetty in Search of a Thrill
1915 · Director
movieCaptain Courtesy
1915 · Director
movieSunshine Molly
1915 · Sunshine Molly, Writer, Director
movieHypocrites
1915 · Director, Producer, Writer
movieIt's No Laughing Matter
1915 · Writer, Director
False Colors
movieFalse Colors
1914 · Mrs. Moore, Director, Screenplay
movieThe Opened Shutters
1914 · Scenario Writer
movieLost by a Hair
1914 · Summer Girl, Writer, Director
The Pursuit of Hate
movieThe Pursuit of Hate
1914 · Diana Grave, Director
movieThe Spider and Her Web
1914 · Madame DuBarr, Director, Scenario Writer
movieThe Merchant of Venice
1914 · Portia, Director, Writer
movieThe Jew's Christmas
1913 · Leah - Isaac's Daughter, Director, Writer
movieHow Men Propose
1913 · The Maid, Director, Producer
movieSuspense.
1913 · The Wife, Director, Writer
movieThe Rosary
1913 · The Soldier's Sweetheart, Director
The Picture of Dorian Gray
movieThe Picture of Dorian Gray
1913 · , Screenplay
A Japanese Idyll
movieA Japanese Idyll
1912 · , Director
movieThe Troubadour's Triumph
1912 · Director, Writer
Eyes That See Not
movieEyes That See Not
1912 · The Millionaire's Wife, Director
movieFine Feathers
1912 · Mira, the Artist's Model, Director
movieThe Price
1911 · Ann, Director, Writer
Lost Illusions
movieLost Illusions
1911 · Grace - The Wife
Sherlock Holmes, Jr.
movieSherlock Holmes, Jr.
1911 · Mrs. Brown
Fate
movieFate
1911 · Flora Brown, Director
movieOn the Brink
1911 · Tess, Director, Story
movieThe Twins
1911 · The Twin Sisters, Writer, Director
movieFrom Death to Life
1911 · Aratus' Wife, Director
movieA Heroine of '76
1911 · The Tavern Keeper's Daughter, Director