Sidney M. COHEN

COHEN, Sidney M.; freelance television program creator; producer, director and production consultant; b. Montreal, Que. 1947; e. Northmount 1965; ECPI 1968; PRES., SUPER PEOPLE PRODUCTIONS LTD. 1976-- ; CFCF-TV Announcer, 1963-66; Prod., Screen Gems 1966; Pub. Relns., Expo '67; Prod./Dir., CJOH-TV 1969; CFCF-TV 1972; created, sold, prod., dir. The Mad Dash 1978; The More We Get Together; co-creator Thrill of a Lifetime; commuted weekly to Hollywood, dir. U.S. series; prod./dir. CFTO-TV 1981; Prod./Dir. of programs covering space launch, Royal Visits, Fed. & Prov. elections, political conventions, game shows; has had at least one network series each season since 1969; Dir. CTV National News & Canada AM; launched CBC's Midday (over 1100 eps.); prod./dir. Test Pattern for MuchMusic; Dir./Cons. Business World and On the Arts for CBC Newsworld; Prod./Dir. Pols Minute; Dir. Shirley (pilot & eps.) CTV; Dir. Macleans/CTV Constitution Special 91; Dir. 1992 Summer Olympics Barcelona-CTV; Just A Minute C.R.B. Foundation; Director 1993-94; Extve. Prod., Canada AM, CTV 1993-94; Extve. Prod., New Program Development CTV 1994-- ; Extve. Prod., Game Nation CTV 1995-96; Creator/Extve. Prod. Right In Your Own Backyard CTV 1996-97; Prod./Dir., Cookbook Videos, Bonnie Stern, Rose Reisman, Elizabeth Baird 1996; Creator/Extve. Prod., Porthole - Cruise Magazine TV 1997; Dir. over 9500 TV program episodes; stand-up comedy & audience warm-ups; Guest Lectr., Cunard's Queen Elizabeth 2; Concordia Univ., Ryerson Inst.; Cons., many Cdn. and internat. prodns.; Trainer, CBC, TVO and Corporations; Mem., Acad. of Cdn. Cinema & T.V.; recreations: travel, tennis, astronomy, aircraft; Office: Thornhill, Ont.