Don Oliver Newland (1896–1951) was an American film director and producer whose career consisted largely of itinerant work.
From the 1920s until his death, he traveled to cities throughout the United States making films that employed local citizens as stars and extras.
He spent less than five months in the military, being discharged at Camp Wadsworth, South Carolina, on January 9, 1919, as part of the country's general demobilization after World War I.
[3] In the early 1920s, Newland began the frenetic itinerant work that would take him all over the United States capturing communities and their citizens in two-reeler comedies that used the same simple, customizable plot.
[9] Developing and editing took another couple of days, and within a week of Newland's arrival in town, the Hero film would be shown to the community at a local movie theater.
Newland never made a great deal of money with his itinerant film work and occasionally would give it up to pursue more mainstream employments.