page_title: Mauritz Stiller
hierarchical_section_title: Mauritz Stiller
caption_attribution_description: English: Finnish-Swedish actor Mauritz Stiller (1883–1928) photographed by Arnold Genthe (1869–1942)
context_page_description: Mauritz Stiller was a Swedish film director of Finnish Jewish origin, best known for discovering Greta Garbo and bringing her to America.
  Stiller had been 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 afterwards.
  He was gay.
context_section_description: Mauritz Stiller (born Moshe Stiller, 17 July 1883 – 18 November 1928) was a Swedish film director of Finnish Jewish origin, best known for discovering Greta Garbo and bringing her to America.
  Stiller had been 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 afterwards. 
  He was gay.
caption: Mauritz Stiller in 1927
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