Lois Weber
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.
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Movies (50)
The Women Who Run Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Early Directors on Directing
as Self
2009
White Heat
Writer (Writing)
1934
The Angel of Broadway
Director (Directing)
1927
Topsy and Eva
Adaptation (Writing)
1927
Sensation Seekers
Director (Directing)
1927
The Marriage Clause
Writer (Writing)
1926
A Chapter in Her Life
Director (Directing)
1923
What Do Men Want?
Director (Directing)
1921
The Blot
Director (Directing)
1921
Too Wise Wives
Director (Directing)
1921
What's Worth While?
Producer (Production)
1921
To Please One Woman
Director (Directing)
1920
Forbidden
Director (Directing)
1919
Home
Director (Directing)
1919
Mary Regan
Scenario Writer (Writing)
1919
A Midnight Romance
Writer (Writing)
1919
When a Girl Loves
Writer (Writing)
1919
Borrowed Clothes
Director (Directing)
1918
For Husbands Only
Producer (Production)
1918
The Doctor and the Woman
Director (Directing)
1918
Tarzan of the Apes
Writer (Writing)
1918
The Price of a Good Time
Director (Directing)
1917
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
as Mrs. Broome
1917
Even as You and I
Director (Directing)
1917
The Mysterious Mrs. M
Director (Directing)
1917
Alone in the World
1917
The People vs. John Doe
Director (Directing)
1916
Wanted- A Home
Producer (Production)
1916
Idle Wives
as Anne
1916
Saving the Family Name
Director (Directing)
1916
Shoes
Director (Directing)
1916
The Eye of God
as Renie
1916
Where Are My Children?
Director (Directing)
1916
John Needham's Double
Director (Directing)
1916
The Flirt
Writer (Writing)
1916
Hop - The Devil's Brew
as Lydia Jansen
1916
The Dumb Girl of Portici
Producer (Production)
1916
Discontent
Director (Directing)
1916
Jewel
Writer (Writing)
1915
A Cigarette - That's All
Director (Directing)
1915
Scandal
as Daisy Dean
1915
Betty in Search of a Thrill
Director (Directing)
1915
Captain Courtesy
Director (Directing)
1915
Sunshine Molly
as Sunshine Molly
1915
Hypocrites
Director (Directing)
1915
It's No Laughing Matter
Writer (Writing)
1915
False Colors
as Mrs. Moore
1914
The Opened Shutters
Scenario Writer (Writing)
1914
Lost by a Hair
as Summer Girl
1914