Allan Dwan

Birth Name:

Joseph Aloysius Dwan

Birth Place:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Profession

Director, Producer, Writer, Soundtrack, Assistant director, Editor, Camera department, Location management

In 1917, he became the founding president of the East branch of the Motion Picture Directors Association
Attended the University of Notre Dame, where he studied engineering
In 1915, he got married to short film actress Pauline Bush
Got his start in the film industry working as a scriptwriter for Essanay Studios
Was working for a lamp company when a studio executive hired him to work in the film industry
Is well-known as the pioneer o fthe crane and dolly shot
In 1919, he founded the film company Allan Dwan Productions

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