Arthur Rosson

Arthur Henry Rosson (24 August 1886 – 17 June 1960) was an English film director. From 1917 to 1948, Rosson directed 61 feature films (including co-direction of Red River). He also worked on many major films as a second unit director until 1960, particularly for Cecil B. DeMille.

Biography Arthur Rosson was born on 24 August 1886 in London, England. He was the first child born of a jockey horse trainer, Arthur Richard Rosson, and a French woman, Hellen Rochefort Rosson. Rosson came from a film-making family. His brother, Harold Rosson, was an Academy Award-nominated cinematographer and several other family members were involved in the early film industry. He was also the brother of silent film actress Helene Rosson and actor and director Richard Rosson.

Rosson graduated from Rogers High School in Newport, Rhode Island in 1902. Rosson was a stock-exchange clerk, who wanted to make a career for himself in film. He married Louise (Lucille) Irana Niedermeyer on 2 June 1912. At the time of their marriage, Louise was three months pregnant. After their first child was born, they moved to California. The couple later divorced. Rosson was the actual director of Cheating Cheaters, while Dwan oversaw the production; however, most reviews mentioned Dwan as the director beginning in the 1930s. He died in 1960 and is buried in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery with other members of his family.

Selected filmography

The Spirit of the Flag (1913) script The Picket Guard (1913) script The Criminals (1913) script Bloodhounds of the North (1913) script The Gratitude of Wanda (1913) The Mystery of Yellow Aster Mine (1913) The Lie (1914) actor The Honor of the Mounted (1914) script Discord and Harmony (1914) script Panthea (1917) American – That's All (1917) director A Successful Failure (1917) director Cassidy (1917) director Grafters (1917) director Her Father's Keeper (1917) director The Man Who Made Good (1917) director A Case at Law (1917) director Headin' South (1918) director The Knickerbocker Buckaroo (1918) The Coming of the Law (1919) director Married in Haste (1919) director Soldiers of Fortune (1919) associate director Sahara (1919) director Red River (1948) co-director Samson and Delilah (1949) unit director The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) unit director The Ten Commandments (1956) unit director