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)
1980
- Hollywood as Self (archive footage, uncredited)
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
- Johan ... (Director)
- In Self Defence ... (Director)
1920
- Erotikon ... (Director)
- The Fishing Village ... (Adaptation)
1919
- Song of the Scarlet Flower ... (Director)
- Sir Arne's Treasure ... (Director)
1918
- Thomas Graal's Best Child ... (Director)
1917
- Thomas Graal's Best Film ... (Director)
- Alexander the Great ... (Director)
1916
- The Struggle for His Heart ... (Director)
- The Lucky Pin ... (Director)
- Love and Journalism ... (Director)
- The Wings as Director
- The Ballet’s Prima-donna ... (Director)
1915
- The Avenger ... (Director)
- The Play Mates ... (Writer)
- The Master Thief ... (Director)
- The Dagger ... (Director)
- Madame de Thèbes ... (Director)
- When Artists Love ... (Director)
- His Wife’s Past ... (Director)
- His Wedding Night ... (Director)
- The Mine Pilot ... (Director)
1914
- The Brothers ... (Director)
- The Stormbird ... (Director)
- The Valet ... (Writer)
- For His Love’s Sake ... (Writer)
- The Red Tower ... (Director)
- When Mother in Law Rules as Elias
- The Shot? ... (Director)
1913
- The Mannequin ... (Director)
- The Unknown Woman ... (Director)
- Brother Against Brother ... (Director)
- The Child ... (Director)
- Life’s Conflicts ... (Writer)
- When the Alarm Bell Tolls ... (Director)
- When Love Kills ... (Writer)
- A Boy in the Battle of Life ... (Director)
- The Modern Suffragette ... (Director)
- On Life’s Roads of Destiny ... (Director)
- The Vampire ... (Director)
1912
- The Black Masks ... (Director)
- The Gardener as Passageraren på utflyktsbåten
- The Springtime of Life as Lieutenant Plein
- Mother and Daughter
- The Tyrannical Fiancé