Biography
Dorothy Emma Arzner (January 3, 1897 – October 1, 1979) was an American film director whose career in Hollywood spanned from the silent era of the 1920s into the early 1940s. From 1927 until her retirement from feature directing in 1943, Arzner was the only female director working in Hollywood. Additionally, she was one of a very few women able to establish a successful and long career in Hollywood as a film director until the 1970s. Arzner made a total of twenty films between 1927 and 1943 and launched the careers of a number of Hollywood actresses, including Katharine Hepburn, Rosalind Russell, and Lucille Ball. Additionally, Arzner was the first woman to join the Directors Guild of America and the first woman to direct a sound film.
Directed 20
1940s
- 1943
First Comes Courage
Director
- 1940
Dance, Girl, Dance
Director
1930s
- 1937
The Bride Wore Red
Director
- 1936
Craig's Wife
Director
- 1934
Nana
Director
- 1933
Christopher Strong
Director
- 1932
Merrily We Go to Hell
Director
- 1931
Honor Among Lovers
Director
- 1930
Anybody's Woman
Director
Paramount on Parade
Director
Sarah and Son
Director
Behind the Make-Up
Director
1920s
- 1929
The Wild Party
Director
- 1928
Manhattan Cocktail
Director
- 1927
Get Your Man
Director
Ten Modern Commandments
Director
Fashions for Women
Director
- 1922
Edited 8
1920s
- 1926
Old Ironsides
Editor
- 1924
Inez from Hollywood
Editor
Merton of the Movies
Editor
- 1923
Ruggles of Red Gap
Editor
The Covered Wagon
Editor
- 1922
- 1920
The Six Best Cellars
Editor
1910s
- 1919
Too Much Johnson
Editor
Wrote 6
1920s
- 1926
Old Ironsides
Scenario Writer
- 1925
The Red Kimona
Adaptation
When Husbands Flirt
Screenplay, Story
- 1924
Breed of the Border
Scenario Writer
The No-Gun Man
Story, Scenario Writer
Inez from Hollywood
Writer
