Lois Weber
Directing
Born June 12, 1879 · Allegheny City [now Pittsburgh], Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Directed (59)
White Heat
1934
The Angel of Broadway
1927
Sensation Seekers
1927
The Marriage Clause
1926
A Chapter in Her Life
1923
What Do Men Want?
1921
The Blot
1921
Too Wise Wives
1921
What's Worth While?
1921
To Please One Woman
1920
Forbidden
1919
Home
1919
Mary Regan
1919
A Midnight Romance
1919
When a Girl Loves
1919
Borrowed Clothes
1918
For Husbands Only
1918
The Doctor and the Woman
1918
The Price of a Good Time
1917
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
1917
Even as You and I
1917
The Mysterious Mrs. M
1917
The People vs. John Doe
1916
Idle Wives
1916
Saving the Family Name
1916
Shoes
1916
The Eye of God
1916
Where Are My Children?
1916
John Needham's Double
1916
The Flirt
1916
Hop - The Devil's Brew
1916
The Dumb Girl of Portici
1916
Discontent
1916
A Cigarette - That's All
1915
Scandal
1915
Betty in Search of a Thrill
1915
Captain Courtesy
1915
Sunshine Molly
1915
Hypocrites
1915
It's No Laughing Matter
1915
False Colors
1914
Lost by a Hair
1914
The Pursuit of Hate
1914
The Spider and Her Web
1914
The Merchant of Venice
1914
The Jew's Christmas
1913
How Men Propose
1913
Suspense.
1913
The Rosary
1913
A Japanese Idyll
1912
The Troubadour's Triumph
1912
Eyes That See Not
1912
Fine Feathers
1912
The Price
1911
Fate
1911
On the Brink
1911
The Twins
1911
From Death to Life
1911
A Heroine of '76
1911
Acting (30)
The Women Who Run Hollywood
2016
Early Directors on Directing
2009
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
1917
Alone in the World
1917
Idle Wives
1916
The Eye of God
1916
Hop - The Devil's Brew
1916
Scandal
1915
Sunshine Molly
1915
False Colors
1914
Lost by a Hair
1914
The Pursuit of Hate
1914
The Spider and Her Web
1914
The Merchant of Venice
1914
The Jew's Christmas
1913
How Men Propose
1913
Suspense.
1913
The Rosary
1913
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1913
A Japanese Idyll
1912
Eyes That See Not
1912
Fine Feathers
1912
The Price
1911
Lost Illusions
1911
Sherlock Holmes, Jr.
1911
Fate
1911
On the Brink
1911
The Twins
1911
From Death to Life
1911
A Heroine of '76
1911