Mauritz Stiller

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1883-07-17 (45 years old)

Deathday

1928-11-08

Place of Birth

Helsinki, Finland

Mauritz Stiller

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 bee...

Acting

1912

The Gardener

as Passenger

2022

1990

The Divine Garbo

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1912

The Springtime of Life

as Lieutenant Plein

1916

The Wings

as Director

1988

Stiller, Garbo & jag

as (archive footage)

Production

1919

1920

Erotikon

as Director

1921

Johan

as Director

1917

1927

Hotel Imperial

as Director

1923

1916

The Wings

as Screenplay

1916

The Wings

as Director

1915

The Avenger

as Director

1916

1915

1913

1914

Skottet?

as Director

1916

The Ballerina

as Director

1921

Johan

as Writer

1927

1913

Vampire

as Director

1927

Barbed Wire

as Co-Director

1917

1913

1913

1913

Barnet

as Director

1914

Stormfågeln

as Director

1915

Lekkamraterna

as Writer

1915

Minlotsen

as Director

1914

1915

Lekkamraterna

as Director

1915

Mästertjuven

as Director

1913

The Mannequin

as Writer

1913

The Mannequin

as Director

1928

1915

Dolken

as Director

1913

The Unknown Woman

as Screenplay

1913

Vampire

as Screenplay

1920

Fiskebyn

as Director

1920

Fiskebyn

as Adaptation

1921

In Self Defence

as Director

1921

In Self Defence

as Screenplay

1920

Erotikon

as Writer

1919

Sir Arne's Treasure

as Screenplay

1914

Det röda tornet

as Director

1914

Det röda tornet

as Screenplay

1923

1913

1913

1915

1913

When Love Kills

as Director

1912

The Black Masks

as Director

1912

1912

The Gardener

as Writer

1912

1912

Mor och dotter

as Director

1916

Lyckonålen

as Director

1926

The Temptress

as Co-Director

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