A welder protection device comprising a face shield for protecting a wearer's face having an electro-optical glare protection filter being arranged in an opening of the face shield, the electro-optical glare protection filter comprising a liquid crystal cell referred to as first cell, wherein the liquid crystal cell of the electro-optical glare protection filter defines a cell plane, though which light passes through the liquid crystal cell or is blocked from passing through liquid crystal cell, depending on the application of voltages in use to the electrode structures (10, 20, 110, 120) of the liquid crystal cell, characterized in that the first cell is a fringe-field switching cell, which is a laterally extended liquid crystal cell that defines a volume between two laterally extended sides, wherein the volume contains liquid crystals, and wherein the FFS cell comprises a first electrode structure (10, 110) and a second electrode structure (20, 120), which are arranged to change an orientation of the liquid crystals in the volume when a voltage is applied between them, wherein both, the first and the second electrode structure (20, 120), are present at the same laterally extended side of the volume, wherein the first electrode structure (10, 110) comprises a plurality of electrically separate electrodes (12, 12', 12", 12'"), wherein the filter comprises a drive circuit for producing in use at least a first and a second drive voltage, wherein the drive circuit is connected to the first and second electrode structures (10, 20, 110, 120) for applying in use the first drive voltage between the second electrode structure (20, 120) and a first one of the plurality of electrically separate electrodes (12, 12', 12", 12"') of the first electrode structure (10, 110) and for applying the second drive voltage between the second electrode structure (20, 120) and a second one (12', 12", 12"') of the plurality of electrically separate electrodes (12, 12', 12", 12'") of the first electrode structure (10, 110), wherein the first one of the plurality of electrically separate electrodes (12, 12', 12", 12'") of the first electrode structure (10, 110) is not identical with the second one (12', 12", 12"') of the plurality of electrically separate electrodes (12, 12', 12", 12'") of the first electrode structure (10, 110), wherein the first drive voltage is different from the second drive voltage, and wherein the volume of the FFS cell of the electro-optical glare protection filter has a thickness (d) which is smaller by at least three orders of magnitude than an extension of the volume in any lateral direction, wherein the extension of the volume in any lateral direction is at least 2 cm. comprising a face shield for protecting a wearer's face having an electro-optical glare protection filter being arranged in an opening of the face shield, the electro-optical glare protection filter comprising a liquid crystal cell referred to as first cell, wherein the liquid crystal cell of the electro-optical glare protection filter defines a cell plane, though which light passes through the liquid crystal cell or is blocked from passing through liquid crystal cell, depending on the application of voltages in use to the electrode structures (10, 20, 110, 120) of the liquid crystal cell, characterized in that the first cell is a fringe-field switching cell, which is a laterally extended liquid crystal cell that defines a volume between two laterally extended sides, wherein the volume contains liquid crystals, and wherein the FFS cell comprises a first electrode structure (10, 110) and a second electrode structure (20, 120), which are arranged to change an orientation of the liquid crystals in the volume when a voltage is applied between them, wherein both, the first and the second electrode structure (20, 120), are present at the same laterally extended side of the volume, wherein the first electrode structure (10, 110) comprises a plurality of electrically separate electrodes (12, 12', 12", 12'"), wherein the filter comprises a drive circuit for producing in use at least a first and a second drive voltage, wherein the drive circuit is connected to the first and second electrode structures (10, 20, 110, 120) for applying in use the first drive voltage between the second electrode structure (20, 120) and a first one of the plurality of electrically separate electrodes (12, 12', 12", 12"') of the first electrode structure (10, 110) and for applying the second drive voltage between the second electrode structure (20, 120) and a second one (12', 12", 12"') of the plurality of electrically separate electrodes (12, 12', 12", 12'") of the first electrode structure (10, 110), wherein the first one of the plurality of electrically separate electrodes (12, 12', 12", 12'") of the first electrode structure (10, 110) is not identical with the second one (12', 12", 12"') of the plurality of electrically separate electrodes (12, 12', 12", 12'") of the first electrode structure (10, 110), wherein the first drive voltage is different from the second drive voltage, and wherein the volume of the FFS cell of the electro-optical glare protection filter has a thickness (d) which is smaller by at least three orders of magnitude than an extension of the volume in any lateral direction, wherein the extension of the volume in any lateral direction is at least 2 cm.