Sidney M. Cohen

Sidney M. Cohen is a Canadian television director specializing in live multi-camera productions requiring minimal editing and is also a TV program creator.
Cohen was born in Montreal, Quebec and began his career with CFCF-TV and later CBC Television. In 1967, he served on the administrative staff of Expo '67 in Montreal, associated with the TV division and worked with notable TV series, including The Ed Sullivan Show.
He relocated to Toronto at the conclusion of Expo '67 to join Screen Gems Productions with TV game show pioneers Dan Enright and Jack Barry. This association began his quiz and game show career.
Cohen spent 3 seasons in Ottawa producing and directing numerous series with the CTV affiliate, for TVOntario as well as the Canadian national final of the academic competition. In 2010, he produced and directed the debut season of Who'd You Rather? for Canada's mensTV channel and in 2012 completed season six of Cooking with the Wolfman for APTN TV.
In 2014 Sidney completed 3 seasons of Accessibility in Action, a lifestyle/magazine series featuring inspiring stories for Accessible Media's AMI-TV.
He currently directs lifestyle programming and some episodes of The Agenda with Steve Paikin for TVO.
Sidney is married to Susan M. Cohen, a Toronto-based artist. They have 2 children, Jay Cohen and Tracy Cohen, and two grandchildren.