Jem Cohen
American filmmaker · United States · On the map · Directors · Born 1962 · age 64
Jem Alan Cohen is an Afghan-born American filmmaker based in New York City. Cohen is especially known for his observational portraits of urban landscapes, blending of media formats and collaborations with musicians.
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Little, Big, and FarFilm, Director, Writer2022
Ballad of Philip GustonFilm, Director2018
NYC Weights and MeasuresFilm, Director2016
World Without End (No Reported Incidents)Film, Director2014
The Film That Buys the CinemaFilm, Director2010Anne Truitt, WorkingFilm, Director2008
Evening's Civil Twilight in Empires of TinFilm, Director, Producer2004
ChainFilm, Director, Writer2002
The Foxx and Little VicFilm, Director2000
Benjamin SmokeFilm, Director1997
Lucky Three: An Elliott Smith PortraitFilm, Director, Producer1994
Buried in LightFilm, Director1991
Drink DeepFilm, Director1987
This Is a History of New YorkFilm, Director1962BornFilmography 40
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He also makes multichannel installations and still photographs and had a photography show at Robert Miller Gallery in 2009. He is the recipient of the Independent Spirit Award for feature filmmaking, and has received grants from the Guggenheim, Creative Capital, Rockefeller and Alpert foundations, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Cohen's films have been broadcast internationally, and are in held the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum, the National Gallery of Art, and the ACMI in Melbourne.
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