Bruce M. Mitchell

{{short description|American film director}}

Bruce M. Mitchell (November 16, 1883 – September 26, 1952) was an American film director and writer active during the silent film era from 1914 to 1934.{{cite web|last=Erickson |first=Hal |title=Bruce Mitchell |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/103068/Bruce-Mitchell/biography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417033910/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/103068/Bruce-Mitchell/biography |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 17, 2014 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |author-link=Hal Erickson (author) |date=2014 |access-date=April 1, 2014}}{{cite book|last=Navarro |first=Dan |title=Navarro's Silent Film Guide |publisher=New University Press |year=2013 |isbn=978-0982921906}} With the advent of sound films in the 1930s, Mitchell abandoned directing and became an actor, appearing mainly in bit roles.