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