
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.

On the Brink

The Rosary

Suspense.

The Dumb Girl of Portici

Home

Sensation Seekers

The Blot

Shoes

From Death to Life

A Chapter in Her Life

Where Are My Children?

Hypocrites

How Men Propose

The Price

Too Wise Wives

Discontent

Idle Wives

The Twins

White Heat

Betty in Search of a Thrill

What Do Men Want?

The Spider and Her Web

A Heroine of '76

The Angel of Broadway

Captain Courtesy

It's No Laughing Matter

The Marriage Clause

Fine Feathers

The Merchant of Venice

Scandal

A Midnight Romance

The Troubadour's Triumph

The Jew's Christmas

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

Lost by a Hair

Sunshine Molly

Even as You and I

The Eye of God

The Mysterious Mrs. M

Saving the Family Name

The People vs. John Doe

Mary Regan

What's Worth While?

Hop - The Devil's Brew

For Husbands Only

Forbidden

The Price of a Good Time

The Doctor and the Woman

Borrowed Clothes

When a Girl Loves

To Please One Woman

On the Brink

The Rosary

Et la femme créa Hollywood

Suspense.

From Death to Life

How Men Propose

The Price

Idle Wives

The Twins

The Spider and Her Web

A Heroine of '76

Fine Feathers

Scandal

Lost by a Hair

Sunshine Molly

The Eye of God

Hop - The Devil's Brew

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

The Merchant of Venice

The Jew's Christmas

Early Directors on Directing