John Arthur Nelson was a director, actor, and writer.
[1] Nelson wrote, acted in, and directed more than a dozen short films in 1913 and 1914, including a series of Slim Hoover films in which he portrayed the title character.
He wrote pro-labor union and anti-America Plan / open shop book The New Disciple and supervised production of the film of the same name that was based on it in 1921.
[4] In 1917, he tried to establish Dominion Film Company in Victoria, Canada but officials refused to give him land for the business.
[5] In 1920, he got funding for a labor backed film company he headed.