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)
- Barbed Wire ... (Co-Director)
- The Woman on Trial ... (Director)
1926
- The Temptress ... (Co-Director)
1924
- The Saga of Gösta Berling ... (Director)
1923
- The Tale of Gunnar Hede ... (Director)
1921
- Johan ... (Director)
- In Self Defence ... (Director)
1920
- Erotikon ... (Director)
- The Fishing Village ... (Director)
1919
- Sir Arne's Treasure ... (Director)
- Song of the Scarlet Flower ... (Director)
1918
- Thomas Graal's Best Child ... (Director)
1917
- Thomas Graal's Best Film ... (Director)
- Alexander the Great ... (Director)
1916
- Love and Journalism ... (Director)
- The Struggle for His Heart ... (Director)
- The Lucky Pin ... (Director)
- The Wings as Director
- The Ballet’s Prima-donna ... (Director)
1915
- The Avenger ... (Director)
- The Dagger ... (Director)
- Madame de Thèbes ... (Director)
- The Master Thief ... (Director)
- The Play Mates ... (Director)
- When Artists Love ... (Director)
- His Wife’s Past ... (Director)
- The Mine Pilot ... (Director)
- His Wedding Night ... (Director)
1914
- The Stormbird ... (Director)
- The Brothers ... (Director)
- The Valet ... (Writer)
- The Red Tower ... (Director)
- For His Love’s Sake ... (Director)
- When Mother in Law Rules as Elias
- The Shot? ... (Director)
1913
- Brother Against Brother ... (Director)
- The Mannequin ... (Director)
- Life’s Conflicts ... (Writer)
- The Unknown Woman ... (Director)
- The Child ... (Director)
- When Love Kills ... (Director)
- When the Alarm Bell Tolls ... (Director)
- A Boy in the Battle of Life ... (Director)
- The Vampire ... (Director)
- The Modern Suffragette ... (Director)
- On Life’s Roads of Destiny ... (Director)
1912
- The Gardener as Passageraren på utflyktsbåten
- The Springtime of Life as Lieutenant Plein
- The Black Masks ... (Director)
- Mother and Daughter
- The Tyrannical Fiancé