Mauritz Stiller
Born: 1883-07-17 in Helsinki, Finland
Died: 1928-11-08
Known For: Directing
Biography
Mauritz Stiller (Moshe Stiller) was a Finnish-Swedish film director, actor and writer, probably best known for discovering Greta Garbo and bringing her to America. With Victor Sjöström he created the production company AB Svensk Filminspelning in 1922. Stiller was a major force in the international film industry and recognized for his refined narrator structure with different fictional levels. He produced some 50 feature films between 1912-1928. After frequent disagreements with studio executives at MGM and Paramount, Stiller returned to Sweden, where he died soon afterwards. Stiller's contribution to the motion picture industry has since been recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1713 Vine Street.
Filmography
2022
- Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer as Self (archive footage)
2014
- Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo as Self (archive footage)
1990
- The Divine Garbo as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1988
- Stiller, Garbo & jag as (archive footage)
1928
- The Street of Sin ... (Director)
1927
- Hotel Imperial ... (Director)
- The Woman on Trial ... (Director)
- Barbed Wire ... (Co-Director)
1926
- The Temptress ... (Co-Director)
1924
- The Saga of Gösta Berling ... (Director)
1923
- The Tale of Gunnar Hede ... (Director)
1921
- In Self Defence ... (Director)
- Johan ... (Director)
1920
- Erotikon ... (Director)
- The Fishing Village ... (Adaptation)
1919
- Sir Arne's Treasure ... (Director)
- Song of the Scarlet Flower ... (Director)
1918
- Thomas Graal's Best Child ... (Director)
1917
- Alexander the Great ... (Director)
- Thomas Graal's Best Film ... (Director)
1916
- The Wings as Director
- The Ballet’s Prima-donna ... (Director)
- The Lucky Pin ... (Director)
- The Struggle for His Heart ... (Director)
- Love and Journalism ... (Director)
1915
- His Wedding Night ... (Director)
- The Dagger ... (Director)
- The Avenger ... (Director)
- The Master Thief ... (Director)
- The Play Mates ... (Writer)
- Madame de Thèbes ... (Director)
- When Artists Love ... (Director)
- His Wife’s Past ... (Director)
- The Mine Pilot ... (Director)
1914
- For His Love’s Sake ... (Writer)
- The Shot? ... (Director)
- When Mother in Law Rules as Elias
- The Stormbird ... (Director)
- The Red Tower ... (Director)
- The Brothers ... (Director)
- The Valet ... (Writer)
1913
- Brother Against Brother ... (Director)
- When Love Kills ... (Writer)
- On Life’s Roads of Destiny ... (Director)
- Life’s Conflicts ... (Writer)
- When the Alarm Bell Tolls ... (Director)
- The Vampire ... (Director)
- The Child ... (Director)
- The Unknown Woman ... (Director)
- The Mannequin ... (Director)
- The Modern Suffragette ... (Director)
- A Boy in the Battle of Life ... (Director)
1912
- The Tyrannical Fiancé
- The Gardener as Passageraren på utflyktsbåten
- Mother and Daughter
- The Black Masks ... (Director)
- The Springtime of Life as Lieutenant Plein