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Mauritz Stiller, born Mowscha Stiller in 1883, was a film director, screenwriter, and actor. He was a male member of the Finland Swedes ethnic group who spoke and wrote in Swedish. Stiller held citizenship in the Russian Empire and Sweden. His professional career in directing spanned from 1912 to 1927, with work locations including Stockholm and Helsinki.
He died in Stockholm in 1928. Stiller is recognized in the Hollywood Walk of Fame collection and has works held in the Museum of Modern Art collection. He is described by the Dictionary of Swedish National Biography.
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Film & TV
Directing · Helsinki, Finland
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…
Known for
- Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer — Self (archive footage)2022
- Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo — Self (archive footage)2014
- The Divine Garbo — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)1990
- Stiller, Garbo & jag — (archive footage)1988
- The Wings — Director1916
- When Mother in Law Rules — Elias1914
- The Gardener — Passageraren på utflyktsbåten1912
- The Tyrannical Fiancé1912
- The Springtime of Life — Lieutenant Plein1912
- Mother and Daughter1912
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Group
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1996
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 1
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Vision meets robotics: The KITTI dataset
· 2013 · cited 8,490x
- State of Understanding of Nafion
· 2004 · cited 4,491x
- Global surveillance of trends in cancer survival 2000–14 (CONCORD-3): analysis of individual records for 37 513 025 patients diagnosed with one of 18 cancers from 322 population-based registries in 71 countries
· 2018 · cited 4,328x
- Global surveillance of cancer survival 1995–2009: analysis of individual data for 25 676 887 patients from 279 population-based registries in 67 countries (CONCORD-2)
· 2015 · cited 1,868x
- Tocilizumab in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial
· 2021 · cited 1,539x
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Key facts
- Born
- Moshe Stiller , ( 1883-07-17 ) 17 July 1883, Helsinki , Grand Duchy of Finland
- Died
- 8 November 1928 (1928-11-08) (aged 45), Stockholm , Sweden
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Occupations
- Film director, screenwriter
- Years active
- 1912–1928
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of birth
- Helsinki
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- Swedish
- Native language
- Swedish
- Image
- Mauritz Stiller 1927.jpg
- Work location
- Helsinki
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- Commons category
- Mauritz Stiller
- date of birth
- 1883-07-17
- date of death
- 1928-11-08
- name in native language
- Mauritz Stiller
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Mauritz Stiller
- end of work period
- 1927-00-00
- ethnic group
- Finland Swedes
- start of work period
- 1912-00-00
- birth name
- Mowscha Stiller
- sexual orientation
- bisexuality
- Commons Creator page
- Mauritz Stiller
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Encyclopedic overview
Mauritz Stiller (born Moshe Stiller, 17 July 1883 – 8 November 1928) was a Swedish-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 Hollywood as a director, he arrived with his new discovery Greta Gustafsson, whose screen name Greta Garbo is believed to have been his suggestion. After frequent disagreements with studio executives at MGM and Paramount Pictures, Stiller returned to Sweden, where he died soon afterward.
Early life
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