Lois Weber
Directing
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.
The Women Who Run Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Early Directors on Directing
Self
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Mrs. Broome
Alone in the World
Idle Wives
Anne
The Eye of God
Renie
Hop - The Devil's Brew
Lydia Jansen
Scandal
Daisy Dean
Sunshine Molly
Sunshine Molly
False Colors
Mrs. Moore
Lost by a Hair
Summer Girl
The Pursuit of Hate
Diana Grave
The Spider and Her Web
Madame DuBarr
The Merchant of Venice
Portia
The Jew's Christmas
Leah - Isaac's Daughter
How Men Propose
The Maid
Suspense.
The Wife
The Rosary
The Soldier's Sweetheart
The Picture of Dorian Gray
A Japanese Idyll
Eyes That See Not
The Millionaire's Wife
Fine Feathers
Mira, the Artist's Model
The Price
Ann
Lost Illusions
Grace - The Wife
Sherlock Holmes, Jr.
Mrs. Brown
Fate
Flora Brown
On the Brink
Tess
The Twins
The Twin Sisters
From Death to Life
Aratus' Wife
A Heroine of '76
The Tavern Keeper's Daughter