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Rob Cohen

American film director and producer · United States · On the map · Directors · Born 1949 · age 77

Robert Alan Cohen is an American director and producer of film and television. Beginning his career as an executive producer at 20th Century Fox, Cohen produced and developed numerous high-profile film and television programs, including Dragonheart, The Wiz, The Witches of Eastwick and Light of Day until he began...

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2018I Am Paul WalkerFilm2016SpeechlessSeries, Director2015GhoulFilm, Producer2014black-ishSeries, Director2009How Bruce Lee Changed the WorldFilm2008“Stephen Sommers certainly knew what he was doing.”In their words25 June 2008Director Rob Cohen Resurrects 'The Mummy'

2005StealthFilm, Director2002RitualFilm, Writer2000The SkullsFilm, Director1996DaylightFilm, Director1994Vanishing SonSeries, Creator, Producer1993Dragon: The Bruce Lee StoryFilm, Director, Writer1992The Ben Stiller ShowSeries, Writer1991Eddie DoddSeries, DirectorThe AntagonistsSeries, 1991Director1990Nasty BoysSeries, DirectorBird on a WireFilm, 1990Producer1988The Serpent and the RainbowFilm, Producer1987A Year in the LifeSeries, DirectorHoopermanSeries, 1987Director1985The Legend of Billie JeanFilm, Producer1984Miami ViceSeries, Director1980A Small Circle of FriendsFilm, Director1977Scott JoplinFilm, Producer1975MahoganyFilm, Producer1949Born12 March 1949

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  • The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing 2004
  • The Fast and the Furious 2001
  • Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story 1993
  • The Monster Squad 1987
  • DragonHeart 1996

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Television 12

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Beginning his career as an executive producer at 20th Century Fox, Cohen produced and developed numerous high-profile film and television programs, including Dragonheart, The Wiz, The Witches of Eastwick and Light of Day until he began focusing on full-time directing in the 1990s. He directed the action films The Fast and the Furious and XXX.

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1949 · age 77

In the same film or series as Rob

Lionel RichieAlso in Thank God It's Friday (1978)Daniel SternAlso in A Small Circle of Friends (1980)Taj MahalAlso in Scott Joplin (1977)Scott SpeedmanAlso in xXx: State of the Union (2005)Rebecca GayheartAlso in Vanishing Son (1994)