Sidney Olcott
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Canadian filmmaker
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Sidney Olcott was a Canadian-born film producer, director, actor and screenwriter. Biography Born John Sidney Allcott in Toronto, he became one of the first great directors of the motion picture business. With a desire to be an actor, a young Sidney Olcott went to New York City where he worked in the theatre until 1904 when he performed as a film actor with the Biograph Studios.