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
- Alexander the Great ... (Director)
- Thomas Graal's Best Film ... (Director)
1916
- The Lucky Pin ... (Director)
- Love and Journalism ... (Director)
- The Ballet’s Prima-donna ... (Director)
- The Wings as Director
- The Struggle for His Heart ... (Director)
1915
- The Dagger ... (Director)
- The Play Mates ... (Director)
- Madame de Thèbes ... (Director)
- The Avenger ... (Director)
- The Master Thief ... (Director)
- His Wife’s Past ... (Director)
- When Artists Love ... (Director)
- The Mine Pilot ... (Director)
- His Wedding Night ... (Director)
1914
- The Brothers ... (Director)
- When Mother in Law Rules as Elias
- The Stormbird ... (Director)
- The Valet ... (Writer)
- For His Love’s Sake ... (Director)
- The Red Tower ... (Director)
- The Shot? ... (Director)
1913
- Brother Against Brother ... (Director)
- The Child ... (Director)
- The Mannequin ... (Director)
- Life’s Conflicts ... (Writer)
- The Unknown Woman ... (Director)
- When Love Kills ... (Director)
- A Boy in the Battle of Life ... (Director)
- When the Alarm Bell Tolls ... (Director)
- The Modern Suffragette ... (Director)
- The Vampire ... (Director)
- On Life’s Roads of Destiny ... (Director)
1912
- The Gardener as Passageraren på utflyktsbåten
- The Springtime of Life as Lieutenant Plein
- Mother and Daughter
- The Black Masks ... (Director)
- The Tyrannical Fiancé