Lois Weber
1879 - 1939
Allegheny City [now Pittsburgh], Pennsylvania, USA
Actor
Director
Producer
Scenario Writer
Writer
Biography
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 directo
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