Lois Weber
Biografia
Lois Weber (1879 - 1939) was a true American auteur on par with D. W. Griffith. A director, actress, screenwriter, and producer of mostly silent films, she was the first American woman to direct a full-length feature film (1914's The Merchant of Venice), the first American woman director to own her own film studio, and one of the first film directors to experiment with sound. Weber pioneered the split-screen technique in the 1913 short film Suspense, and Hypocrites featured the first non-pornographic full-frontal female nude scene in 1915. Many of her films tackled social issues like abortion, poverty, discrimination, and religion, drawing the attention of censors. Only a fraction of her films, estimated to number between 200 and 400, were preserved. In 2022, the American Film Institute announced a new initiative titled "Behind the Veil," after one of Weber's lost films. The initiative "will document 6,000 short films from the silent and early sound eras to uncover the innovative contributions of female and BIPOC storytellers."
Filmografia
Filmy i seriale od najnowszych
Et la femme créa Hollywood
Film • 2016
jako Self (archive footage)
Early Directors on Directing
Film • 2009
jako Self
Hollywood
Serial • 1980
jako Self (archive footage, uncredited)
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Film • 1917
jako Mrs. Broome
Alone in the World
Film • 1917
Idle Wives
Film • 1916
jako Anne
The Eye of God
Film • 1916
jako Renie
Hop - The Devil's Brew
Film • 1916
jako Lydia Jansen
Scandal
Film • 1915
jako Daisy Dean
Sunshine Molly
Film • 1915
jako Sunshine Molly
False Colors
Film • 1914
jako Mrs. Moore
Lost by a Hair
Film • 1914
jako Summer Girl
The Pursuit of Hate
Film • 1914
jako Diana Grave
The Spider and Her Web
Film • 1914
jako Madame DuBarr
The Merchant of Venice
Film • 1914
jako Portia
The Jew's Christmas
Film • 1913
jako Leah - Isaac's Daughter
How Men Propose
Film • 1913
jako The Maid
Suspense
Film • 1913
jako The Wife
The Rosary
Film • 1913
jako The Soldier's Sweetheart
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Film • 1913
A Japanese Idyll
Film • 1912
Eyes That See Not
Film • 1912
jako The Millionaire's Wife
Fine Feathers
Film • 1912
jako Mira, the Artist's Model
The Price
Film • 1911
jako Ann
Lost Illusions
Film • 1911
jako Grace - The Wife
Sherlock Holmes, Jr.
Film • 1911
jako Mrs. Brown
Fate
Film • 1911
jako Flora Brown
On the Brink
Film • 1911
jako Tess
The Twins
Film • 1911
jako The Twin Sisters
From Death to Life
Film • 1911
jako Aratus' Wife
A Heroine of '76
Film • 1911
jako The Tavern Keeper's Daughter