Lois Weber
Directing
🎂 1879-06-12
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.
Cast credits(30)
Diana Grave
1914
Self
2009
Madame DuBarr
1914
Portia
1914
Daisy Dean
1915
Self (archive footage)
2016
The Wife
1913
1917
Mrs. Moore
1914
Sunshine Molly
1915
Anne
1916
Mrs. Broome
1917
Tess
1911
The Maid
1913
Lydia Jansen
1916
Flora Brown
1911
Renie
1916
The Soldier's Sweetheart
1913
The Tavern Keeper's Daughter
1911
1913
Leah - Isaac's Daughter
1913
Summer Girl
1914
Ann
1911
Mrs. Brown
1911
1912
Grace - The Wife
1911
The Millionaire's Wife
1912
Aratus' Wife
1911
The Artist's Model
1912
The Twin Sisters
1911
Writing (57)
Writer
1934
Writer
1918
Scenario Writer
1919
Screenplay
1919
Adaptation
1916
Writer
1921
Scenario Writer
1914
Adaptation
1918
Screenplay
1918
Writer
1915
Writer
1914
Writer
1916
Writer
1915
Writer
1913
Writer
1926
Writer
1927
Story
1921
Screenplay
1921
Writer
1917
Writer
1918
Writer
1919
Adaptation
1927
Screenplay
1927
Writer
1917
Writer
1916
Adaptation
1923
Screenplay
1923
Writer
1918
Writer
1921
Writer
1915
Writer
1919
Screenplay
1914
Writer
1919
Writer
1916
Writer
1920
Writer
1915
Writer
1921
Story
1916
Writer
1916
Adaptation
1916
Writer
1917
Story
1911
Scenario Writer
1916
Screenplay
1916
Writer
1916
Writer
1912
Scenario Writer
1916
Writer
1916
Writer
1919
Writer
1916
Screenplay
1913
Writer
1913
Writer
1914
Writer
1915
Writer
1911
Writer
1916
Writer
1911
Directing (59)
Director
1934
Director
1914
Director
1919
Director
1916
Director
1921
Director
1914
Director
1918
Director
1915
Director
1914
Director
1916
Director
1915
Director
1913
Director
1926
Director
1927
Director
1921
Director
1917
Director
1917
Director
1915
Director
1918
Director
1919
Director
1915
Director
1917
Director
1916
Director
1923
Director
1918
Director
1921
Director
1919
Director
1914
Director
1919
Director
1916
Director
1920
Director
1915
Director
1916
Director
1921
Director
1916
Director
1917
Director
1911
Director
1913
Director
1916
Director
1916
Director
1911
Director
1912
Director
1916
Director
1913
Director
1919
Director
1916
Director
1927
Director
1911
Director
1913
Director
1914
Director
1915
Director
1911
Director
1916
Director
1912
Director
1915
Director
1912
Director
1911
Director
1912
Director
1911