Directing
Lois Weber
Born June 12, 1879 Died November 13, 1939 (Age 60)Allegheny City [now Pittsburgh], Pennsylvania, USA162 Credits
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 techniqu…
