Allan Dwan

Allan Dwan

Highest Rated: 100% Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)

Lowest Rated: 67% Getting Gertie's Garter (1945)

Birthday: Apr 03, 1885

Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Dwan's first job was as a lighting engineer for the Peter Cooper Hewitt Company, where he helped develop a forerunner of the neon tube known as the mercury vapor arc. He became intrigued by "those silly things called movies" while supervising the installation of some arcs at Essanay studios, asked about the stories the filmmakers used, and proceeded to sell them 15 he had written at college. Essanay then offered him a job as scenario editor.

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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Zaza Director - 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Most Dangerous Man Alive Director - 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Enchanted Island Director - 1958
No Score Yet 40% The River's Edge Director - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Restless Breed Director - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hold Back the Night Director - 1956
No Score Yet 29% Slightly Scarlet Director - 1956
No Score Yet 38% Pearl of the South Pacific Director - 1955
No Score Yet 38% Tennessee's Partner Director - 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet Escape to Burma Director - 1955
No Score Yet 48% Silver Lode Director - 1954
No Score Yet 50% Passion Director - 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet Flight Nurse Director - 1954
No Score Yet 27% Cattle Queen of Montana Director - 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sweethearts on Parade Director,
Producer 		- 1953
No Score Yet 30% I Dream of Jeanie Director - 1952
No Score Yet 38% Montana Belle Director - 1952
No Score Yet 60% The Woman They Almost Lynched Director,
Producer 		- 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet Belle Le Grand Director - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wild Blue Yonder Director - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet Surrender Director - 1950
100% 80% Sands of Iwo Jima Director - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet Angel in Exile Director - 1948
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Inside Story Director,
Producer 		- 1948
No Score Yet 73% Driftwood Director - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet Northwest Outpost Director - 1947
No Score Yet 43% Calendar Girl Director - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rendezvous With Annie Director - 1946
No Score Yet 49% Brewster's Millions Director - 1945
67% No Score Yet Getting Gertie's Garter Director - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet Up in Mabel's Room Director - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Abroad With Two Yanks Director - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Around the World Director,
Producer 		- 1943
No Score Yet No Score Yet Here We Go Again Director - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Friendly Enemies Director - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Look Who's Laughing Director,
Producer 		- 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rise and Shine Director - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sailor's Lady Director - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet Trail of the Vigilantes Director,
Producer 		- 1940
No Score Yet 67% Young People Director - 1940
No Score Yet 22% The Gorilla Director - 1939
No Score Yet 75% Frontier Marshal Director - 1939
No Score Yet 33% The Three Musketeers Director - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Josette Director - 1938
No Score Yet 64% Suez Director - 1938
No Score Yet 71% Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Director - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Woman-Wise Director - 1937
100% 74% Heidi Director - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet One Mile From Heaven Director - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet 15 Maiden Lane Director - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Human Cargo Director - 1936
No Score Yet 67% High Tension Director - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Big Noise Director - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Navy Wife Director - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Black Sheep Director - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet I Spy Director - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet While Paris Sleeps Director - 1932
No Score Yet 81% American Madness Director - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wicked Director - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Man to Man Director - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Chances Director - 1931
100% 77% The Iron Mask Director - 1929
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tide of Empire Director - 1929
No Score Yet No Score Yet Harold Teen Producer - 1928
No Score Yet No Score Yet East Side, West Side Director,
Screenwriter 		- 1927
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stage Struck Director - 1925
No Score Yet No Score Yet Manhandled Director,
Producer 		- 1924
100% 72% Robin Hood Director - 1922
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fighting Odds Director - 1917
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Modern Musketeer Director,
Writer 		- 1917
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Habit of Happiness Director,
Screenwriter 		- 1916
No Score Yet No Score Yet Manhattan Madness Director - 1916
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Half-Breed Director - 1916
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Good Bad Man Director - 1916
No Score Yet No Score Yet David Harum Director - 1915
No Score Yet No Score Yet Man's Calling Director - 1912
No Score Yet No Score Yet Calamity Anne's Ward Director - 1912
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Thief's Wife Director - 1912
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Mother of the Ranch Director - 1911
No Score Yet No Score Yet Three Million Dollars Director - 1911

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Screen Directors Playhouse Director 1956

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