Rob Cohen
- Directing
- March 12, 1949 · Cornwall, New York, USA
Biography
Rob Cohen (born March 12, 1949) is an American film director, writer and producer. He is best known for directing the first Fast and the Furious installment (2001), as well as the action films xXx (2002) and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emporer (2008). He's a graduate in Anthropology and Visual Studies from Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and while working as a reader for Universal in the early-1970s discovered the screenplay for what would become The Sting (1973).
Known for
Filmography
- Tinsel - The Lost Movie About Hollywood · Self
- I Am Paul Walker · Self
- The Hurricane Heist · Director
- Michael Jackson: Man In The Mirror · Self
- Speechless · Director
- Ghoul · Executive producer
- The Boy Next Door · Director
- black-ish · Director
- Alex Cross · Director
- How Bruce Lee Changed the World · Self
- The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor · Director
- Stealth · Director
- xXx: State of the Union · Executive producer
- The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing · Self, Thanks
- The Last Ride · Story
- Ritual · Screenplay
- xXx · Columbian Horseman (uncredited), Director
- The Fast and the Furious · Pizza Hut Delivery Guy (uncredited), Director
- The Skulls · College Lecturer (uncredited), Director
- The Rat Pack · Director
- The Making of 'DragonHeart' · Self
- The Guardian · Director
- Daylight · Director
- DragonHeart · Director
- Flash Gordon: Marooned on Mongo · Additional Voices (Voice)
- Vanishing Son IV · Teacher Benton
- Vanishing Son · Writer
- Vanishing Son · Teacher Beaton, Teacher Benton
- Knight Rider 2010 · Executive producer
- Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story · Enter The Dragon Director, Director
- Mood Indigo · Executive producer
- The Ben Stiller Show · Writer
- The Antagonists · Director
- Eddie Dodd · Director
- The Hard Way · Producer, Second Unit Director
- Bird on a Wire · Producer, Second Unit Director
- Nasty Boys · Director
- Disorganized Crime · Executive producer
- The Serpent and the Rainbow · Executive producer, Second Unit Director
- The Running Man · Executive producer
- thirtysomething · Director
- Hooperman · Director
- A Year in the Life · Director
- Private Eye · Director
- The Monster Squad · Executive producer
- The Witches of Eastwick · Executive producer
- Light of Day · Producer
- The Legend of Billie Jean · Producer, Second Unit Director
- The Razor's Edge · Executive producer
- Miami Vice · Director
- Scandalous · Director, Story
- A Small Circle of Friends · Director
- Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill · Executive producer
- The Wiz · Producer
- Thank God It's Friday · Producer
- Almost Summer · Producer
- Scott Joplin · Executive producer
- The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings · Producer
- Mahogany · Producer
- Speedhunters · Director