Lois Weber
DirectingLois 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.
Known For
Filmography — Acting
The Women Who Run Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Suspense.
The Wife
Early Directors on Directing
Self
From Death to Life
Aratus' Wife
The Price
Ann
The Eye of God
Renie
The Pursuit of Hate
Diana Grave
The Merchant of Venice
Portia
The Spider and Her Web
Madame DuBarr
Lost by a Hair
Summer Girl
Hop - The Devil's Brew
Lydia Jansen
Scandal
Daisy Dean
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Mrs. Broome
A Heroine of '76
The Tavern Keeper's Daughter
The Picture of Dorian Gray
How Men Propose
The Maid
A Japanese Idyll
The Twins
The Twin Sisters
Idle Wives
Anne
False Colors
Mrs. Moore
Eyes That See Not
The Millionaire's Wife
Fate
Flora Brown
The Jew's Christmas
Leah - Isaac's Daughter
Sherlock Holmes, Jr.
Mrs. Brown
Lost Illusions
Grace - The Wife
On the Brink
Tess
Alone in the World
Sunshine Molly
Sunshine Molly
Fine Feathers
Mira, the Artist's Model
The Rosary
The Soldier's Sweetheart
Filmography — Crew
Tarzan of the Apes
Writer
The Blot
Director
Suspense.
Director
The Angel of Broadway
Director
Where Are My Children?
Director
Mary Regan
Director
Shoes
Director
Sensation Seekers
Director
Betty in Search of a Thrill
Director
From Death to Life
Director
The Dumb Girl of Portici
Producer
Forbidden
Director
A Midnight Romance
Writer
The Price
Director
The Doctor and the Woman
Director
The Eye of God
Director
The Marriage Clause
Writer
The People vs. John Doe
Director
The Pursuit of Hate
Director
Hypocrites
Director
The Merchant of Venice
Director
White Heat
Writer
The Spider and Her Web
Director
Lost by a Hair
Writer
Topsy and Eva
Screenplay
Jewel
Writer
A Chapter in Her Life
Director
John Needham's Double
Director
Even as You and I
Director
The Mysterious Mrs. M
Director
Hop - The Devil's Brew
Director
Wanted- A Home
Producer
Scandal
Director
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Director
The Price of a Good Time
Director
What Do Men Want?
Director
Too Wise Wives
Director
A Heroine of '76
Director
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Screenplay
Borrowed Clothes
Director
How Men Propose
Director
For Husbands Only
Producer
It's No Laughing Matter
Writer
Captain Courtesy
Director
A Japanese Idyll
Director
Home
Director
Saving the Family Name
Director
What's Worth While?
Producer
The Twins
Writer
Idle Wives
Director
False Colors
Director
To Please One Woman
Director
A Cigarette - That's All
Director
Eyes That See Not
Director
Fate
Director
The Flirt
Writer
The Jew's Christmas
Director
Discontent
Director
When a Girl Loves
Writer
On the Brink
Director
Sunshine Molly
Writer
Fine Feathers
Director
The Troubadour's Triumph
Director
The Rosary
Director