Sidney Arnold Franklin (March 21, 1893 – May 18, 1972) was an American film director and producer.

Franklin, like William C. deMille, specialized in adapting literary works or Broadway stage plays.

[1] His brother Chester Franklin (1889–1954) also became a director during the silent film era, best known for directing the early Technicolor film The Toll of the Sea.

Franklin's work on radio included directing The Screen Guild Show in 1939.

[2] This article about a United States film director born in the 1890s is a stub.