Alfred E. Green (born July 11, 1889 in Perris, California; died September 4, 1960 in Hollywood, California) was a prolific movie director and assistant director. Greene entered film in 1912 as an actor for the Selig Polyscope Co.. He became an assistant to director Colin Campbell. He then started to direct two-reelers until he started features in 1917. Although his career lasted until the 1950s, Greene directed number of movies with major stars such as Mary Pickford, Wallace Reid, and Colleen Moore. In 1936, Greene directed the movie, Dangerous, with Bette Davis having the starring role. As a result, Davis won Best Actress for her performance. It was followed by Greene's next success, The Jolson Story. However,The Jolson Story was followed by a string B-movies. After retiring from motion picutures, he directed several TV episodes.

Greene has a "Star" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

One of the more prolific American directors, Alfred E. Green entered films in 1912 as an actor for the Selig Polyscope Co. He became an assistant to director Colin Campbell (IV) and started directing two-reelers, turning to features in 1917. Although his career lasted into the mid-1950s, his output was mostly routine, but there were some gems among them. Mary Pickford chose him to direct several of her pictures in the 1920s, and he had several hits with Wallace Reid and Colleen Moore (I). He directed Bette Davis in her Oscar-winning performance in Dangerous (1935) and was responsible for the commercial and critical success Jolson Story, The (1946). It was followed by a string of routine B pictures, however. Green had suffered for many years from arthritis (producer Albert Zugsmith said that Green was so crippled by the disease during the filming of Top Banana (1954) that he was seldom able to move from the director's chair) and retired from films in 1954. He spent the remainder of his career directing episodic TV series.