Dorothea Mitchell

Birthday: 1877-06-01
Deathday: 1976-02-02
Birthplace: England
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned

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

Credits

Year Title Character
2010-02-24 Dorothea Mitchell: A Reel Pioneer
1929-05-31 A Race for Ties Aunt Sarah