Sidney Franklin may refer to:
Sidney Franklin (21 March 1893, San Francisco - 18 May 1972, Santa Monica), was an Academy Award-winning American film director and producer.
His credits as director include:
He also produced:
Sidney Franklin (11 July 1903 in Brooklyn, New York - 6 April 1976 in New York City), was the first American to become a successful bullfighter.
After learning the art of the matador in Mexico, he fought bulls in Spain and Latin America. He briefly featured in Ernest Hemingway's Death in the Afternoon. Hemingway rated him very highly but it is generally thought to have overrated him.
Franklin appeared in a number of films in the USA and Mexico. Later he presented bullfights on American TV. He wrote an autobiography, Bullfighter from Brooklyn.
Brother of director Chester M. Franklin
In 1937 it was announced that he would direct Bambi (1942), but production delays (it was eventually filmed five years after this announcement, in 1942) moved him away from the production. He eventually got a credit for artistic collaborator.
Father of Sidney Franklin Jr.
Directed 5 different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Norma Shearer, Merle Oberon and Luise Rainer. Rainer won for her performance in Good Earth, The (1937).
