Julia Crawford Ivers

Julia Crawford Ivers (October 3, 1869 - May 8, 1930) was an American motion picture pioneer. Born in Los Angeles when it was no more than an exotic outpost, Ivers watched the film industry come into existence and establish itself in southern California. She participated in the new industry as writer, producer and director.

Her son James Van Trees (1890–1973) became a popular cinematographer for Paramount and Warner Bros. and shot some of his mother's films. They are possibly the earliest mother-son team of director and cinematographer. Ivers later worked with director William Desmond Taylor and was reportedly a part of his inner circle before his murder.

Ivers died in the city of her birth.^[1]

Selected filmography

• The Majesty of the Law (1915) (director, writer)
• The Heart of Paula (1916) (director, writer, story)
• The American Beauty (1916) (lost film)
• The Intrigue (1916) (writer)
• David Garrick (1916)
• A Son of Erin (1916) (director, writer) (print: Library of Congress)
• The World Apart (1917)
• Widow by Proxy (1919)
• Huckleberry Finn (1920) (writer)
• Nurse Marjorie (1920) (writer)
• Sacred and Profane Love (1921) (writer)
• Beyond (1921) (story, scenario)
• The White Flower (1923) (director, writer)
• Married Flirts (1924) (writer)

References

External links

• Julia Crawford Ivers at IMDb.com
• Julia Crawford Ivers at Women Film Pioneers Project