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At 52, Cohen had become a hit action director of youth films, directing the 2001 blockbuster, The Fast and the Furious (2001). With the enormous success of Fast, he partnered up with Vin Diesel again the following year to direct yet another box office hit, xXx (2002).
- January 1, 1
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- Cornwall, New York, USA
From 1990 onwards, Cohen moved into directing full-time. Much success followed with early 1990s films such as Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Dragonheart, Daylight and the Golden Globe award-winning film The Rat Pack. At 52, Cohen had become an action director, directing the 2001 film The Fast and the Furious.
At 52, Cohen had become a hit action director of youth films, directing the 2001 blockbuster, The Fast and the Furious (2001). With the enormous success of Fast, he partnered up with Vin Diesel again the following year to direct yet another box office hit, xXx (2002).
- March 12, 1949
Mar 13, 2018 · But Cohen had always wanted to be a director, and after two failed early stabs — the 1980 drama A Small Circle of Friends and the misbegotten 1984 comedy Scandalous — he found his footing by working in television, especially on the influential, neon-tinged Miami Vice.
Creator. 1994. Vanishing Son …. Creator. Rob Cohen is an American film director, writer and producer, best known as the creator of Universal Pictures' The Fast and the Furious movie franchise. He's a graduate in Anthropology and Visual Studies from Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Quickly distinguishing himself by recommending the script for The Sting (1973) to his boss, Cohen moved on to 20th Century Fox Television, where he earned the title Director of TV Movies. Impressed by Cohen's accomplishments in such short time, record impresario Berry Gordy hired the 24-year-old Cohen in 1973 to be the executive vice president ...
March 12, 1949 • 75 y.o. Film career. Robert Alan Cohen (born March 12, 1949) 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 The Wiz, The Witches of Eastwick, and Light of ...
