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Jem Cohen

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Born January 1, 1962 · Kabul, Afghanistan

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Biography

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. 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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Awards & recognition

  • Guggenheim Fellowship

Filmography11 titles

Little Flags

2000Director

Counting

2015Cinematography, Director, Editor, Producer, Sound Designer

Lucky Three: An Elliott Smith Portrait

1997Camera Operator, Director, Editor, Producer

Chain

2004Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Writer

Instrument

1999Director, Director of Photography, Editor

Museum Hours

2012Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Sound Designer, Writer

At Close Range

1986Assistant Property Master

Lost Book Found

1996Director

Anne Truitt, Working

2010Director

Benjamin Smoke

2000Director

Little, Big, and Far

2026Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Sound, Writer