FILM DIRECTOR

Sidney Olcott

1872 - 1949

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Sidney Olcott (born John Sidney Allcott; September 20, 1872 – December 16, 1949) was a Canadian-born film producer, director, actor and screenwriter. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sidney Olcott is the 1,405th most popular film director (down from 1,379th in 2019), the 598th most popular biography from Canada (down from 530th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Canadian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Sidney Olcott ranks 1,405 out of 2,041. Before him are Joseph Ruben, Igor Maslennikov, Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Mike Judge, Carlo Vanzina, and Olivier Megaton. After him are Ole Bornedal, Frank Tashlin, Jon Avnet, Edvin Laine, Norman Z. McLeod, and Tom Shadyac.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Sidney Olcott ranks 186. Before him are Leonid Sobinov, Lucille La Verne, Ivan Fomin, Octav Băncilă, Bernard Knubel, and Eugenie Schwarzwald. After him are Ľudmila Podjavorinská, William Desmond Taylor, Harald Natvig, Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Anna Held, and James Young. Among people deceased in 1949, Sidney Olcott ranks 175. Before him are Bill Robinson, Jack Lovelock, John Neville Keynes, Gregory Mathews, Clarence Kingsbury, and Frank Fetter. After him are Leon Schlesinger, Elmer Clifton, Herbert Stothart, Philip Herbert Cowell, William Nicholson, and Flora Drummond.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Sidney Olcott ranks 598 out of 1,622. Before him are Daniel Gillies (1976), Howie Morenz (1902), Erica Durance (1978), Rob Stewart (1961), Douglas Rain (1928), and Mark Messier (1961). After him are Maurice Prendergast (1858), Owen Hargreaves (1981), Claude Vivier (1948), Pablo Schreiber (1978), Paul Churchland (1942), and Nicole Appleton (1974).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Canada

Among film directors born in Canada, Sidney Olcott ranks 20. Before him are Shawn Levy (1968), Mary Harron (1953), Jean-Marc Vallée (1963), Richard Williams (1933), David Furnish (1962), and Michel Brault (1928). After him are Elmer Clifton (1890), Robert Lepage (1957), Brad Wright (1961), Jason Reitman (1977), Guy Maddin (1956), and Dean DeBlois (1970).

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