Lois Weber
Directing • Born 1879-06-12 – Died 1939-11-13
Biography
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
30 credits
How Men Propose
Movie • 1913
The Maid
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Movie • 1913
The Spider and Her Web
Movie • 1914
Madame DuBarr
A Heroine of '76
Movie • 1911
The Tavern Keeper's Daughter
Suspense.
Movie • 1913
The Wife
The Pursuit of Hate
Movie • 1914
Diana Grave
Idle Wives
Movie • 1916
Anne
Sherlock Holmes, Jr.
Movie • 1911
Mrs. Brown
Fate
Movie • 1911
Flora Brown
Fine Feathers
Movie • 1912
Mira, the Artist's Model
A Japanese Idyll
Movie • 1912
Lost Illusions
Movie • 1911
Grace - The Wife
The Rosary
Movie • 1913
The Soldier's Sweetheart
The Price
Movie • 1911
Ann
Alone in the World
Movie • 1917
Scandal
Movie • 1915
Daisy Dean
On the Brink
Movie • 1911
Tess
From Death to Life
Movie • 1911
Aratus' Wife
Lost by a Hair
Movie • 1914
Summer Girl
Sunshine Molly
Movie • 1915
Sunshine Molly
The Eye of God
Movie • 1916
Renie
Hop - The Devil's Brew
Movie • 1916
Lydia Jansen
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Movie • 1917
Mrs. Broome
The Merchant of Venice
Movie • 1914
Portia
The Twins
Movie • 1911
The Twin Sisters
The Jew's Christmas
Movie • 1913
Leah - Isaac's Daughter
The Women Who Run Hollywood
Movie • 2016
Self (archive footage)
Eyes That See Not
Movie • 1912
The Millionaire's Wife
False Colors
Movie • 1914
Mrs. Moore
Early Directors on Directing
Movie • 2009
Self