Ida May Park

Ida May Park (December 28, 1879 – June 13, 1954)[1] was an American screenwriter and film director of the silent era, in the early 20th century.

She was married to film director and producer Joseph De Grasse, with whom she was regularly teamed at Universal.

[4] "Whereas director Lois Weber “was totally committed to cinema as a tool for moral betterment and strained all her energies to this end, Ida May Park was a hack with no pretensions to art or education whatsoever.

[5] The first screenplay that she wrote was titled A Gypsy Romance which was developed into a short scenario by director Wallace Reid.

[3] After leaving Universal, Park directed The Butterfly Man (1920), starring Lew Cody, followed by two independent feature-length films co-directed with her husband, Bonnie May and The Midlanders (both 1920).