Dorothea Mitchell
Personal Info
Known for
Writing
Gender
Female
Birthday
1877-06-01
Day of Death
1976-02-02 (98 years old)
Place of Birth
England
Dorothea Mitchell
Biography
A pioneering filmmaker in Canada. Mitchell co-founded the first amateur film group in Canada, the Port Arthur Amateur Cinema Society, in 1929, and made three feature-length films: A Race For Ties (1929), Sleep Inn Beauty (1929), and The Fatal Flower (1930 but left unfinished). The society's first film, A Race For Ties, has the distinction of being the first amateur feature-length film in Canada
Acting
(2010)
(1929)
A Race for Ties
as Aunt Sarah
Crew
(1930)
The Fatal Flower
Director, Screenplay, Producer
(1930)
Sleep-Inn Beauty
Screenplay, Director, Producer
(1929)
A Race for Ties
Screenplay, Editor, Director, Producer