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1912–1928. Mauritz Stiller (born Moshe Stiller, 17 July 1883 – 8 November 1928) was a Finnish film director of Jewish origin, best known for discovering Greta Garbo and bringing her to America. Stiller was a pioneer of the Swedish film industry, writing and directing many short films from 1912. When Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer invited him to ...
Mauritz Stiller (born 1883, Helsinki—died Nov. 8, 1928, Stockholm) was a motion-picture director who during the early 1920s was a leader in the internationally preeminent Swedish cinema. He was influenced by D.W. Griffith’s epic style and Thomas Harper Ince’s integral use of landscape but most of all by the typically Swedish mysticism and ...
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Mauritz Stiller. Moshe "Mauritz" Stiller, born July 17, 1883, in Helsinki, Finland, was a director, writer and actor. He began his artistic activity in the theatre, as an actor at 16. Mauritz Stiller portrayed 87 roles from 1899-1916 and directed 16 productions 1911-28. Together with Viktor Sjöström ( director, actor, writer) he was recruited ...
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- Helsinki, Finland
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- Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Mauritz Stiller. Mauritz Stiller (1883-1928) was a Film director, born in Helsinki, Finland. He settled in Sweden in 1909 and, though trained as an actor, began directing films for Svenka Bio in 1912. He adapted the novels of Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940), notably Herr Arnes Pengar (1919), which won international acclaim, Gunnar Hedes Saga (1922 ...
Mauritz Stiller. Director: Erotikon. Moshe "Mauritz" Stiller, born July 17, 1883, in Helsinki, Finland, was a director, writer and actor. He began his artistic activity in the theatre, as an actor at 16. Mauritz Stiller portrayed 87 roles from 1899-1916 and directed 16 productions 1911-28. Together with Viktor Sjöström ( director, actor, writer) he was recruited in 1912 as director/actor to ...
- July 17, 1883
- November 18, 1928
Mauritz Stiller (born Moshe Stiller, 17 July 1883 – 18 November 1928) was a Finnish film director of Jewish origin, best known for discovering Greta Garbo and bringing her to America. Stiller was a pioneer of the Swedish film industry, writing and directing many short films from 1912.
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Mauritz Stiller returned to Sweden in 1927 and died the following year from pleurisy at the age of forty-five. He was interred in the Norra begravningsplatsen in Stockholm. 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.
