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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sidney Olcott has received more than 74,197 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Sidney Olcott is the 1,379th most popular film director, the 530th most popular biography from Canada and the 20th most popular Canadian Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 74k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Sidney Olcott ranks 1,379 out of 2,041. Before him are Judd Apatow, Dave Filoni, Takashi Shimizu, Vasily Goncharov, Geoff Murphy, and Rich Moore. After him are Alfred E. Green, James Young, Semih Kaplanoğlu, Chloé Zhao, Carlos Saldanha, and Lev Arnshtam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Sidney Olcott ranks 181. Before him are William Desmond Taylor, Dimitrios Drivas, Anna Held, Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Joseph Barcroft, and Rudolf Schlechter. After him are James Young, Horace Rice, Siegfried Flesch, Harald Natvig, Ľudmila Podjavorinská, and Mary Engle Pennington. Among people deceased in 1949, Sidney Olcott ranks 172. Before him are Gheorghe Mironescu, Otakar Vindyš, Flora Drummond, Georges Trombert, Herbert Stothart, and Frank Fetter. After him are Richard Dix, Albert Ammons, Alexander Drankov, Jack Lovelock, Elmer Clifton, and William Nicholson.

Others Born in 1872

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Others Deceased in 1949

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Sidney Olcott ranks 530 out of 1,622. Before him are Mark Strand (1934), Marcel Dionne (1951), Scotty Bowman (1933), Patrick J. Adams (1981), Gil Bellows (1967), and Chris Hadfield (1959). After him are Christopher Heyerdahl (1963), Marie Avgeropoulos (1986), Todd McFarlane (1961), Anne Dorval (1960), James Tupper (1965), and Sarah Polley (1979).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Canada

Among film directors born in Canada, Sidney Olcott ranks 20. Before him are Michel Brault (1928), Mary Harron (1953), Jean-Marc Vallée (1963), Richard Williams (1933), David Furnish (1962), and Shawn Levy (1968). After him are Robert Lepage (1957), Roger Avary (1965), Elmer Clifton (1890), Brad Wright (1961), Jason Reitman (1977), and Philippe Falardeau (1968).

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