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Rob Cohen

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
14

Gender
Male

Birthday
March 12, 1949 (77 years old)

Place of Birth
Cornwall, New York, USA

Rob Cohen

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

Directing

2018The Hurricane Heist...Director
2016Speechless...Director
2015The Boy Next Door...Director
2014black-ish...Director
2012Alex Cross...Director
2008The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor...Director
2005Stealth...Director
2002xXx...Director
2001The Fast and the Furious...Director
2000The Skulls...Director
1998The Rat Pack...Director
1997The Guardian...Director
1996Daylight...Director
1996DragonHeart...Director
1993Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story...Director
1991The Antagonists...Director
1991Eddie Dodd...Director
1991The Hard Way...Second Unit Director
1990Bird on a Wire...Second Unit Director
1990Nasty Boys...Director
1988The Serpent and the Rainbow...Second Unit Director
1987thirtysomething...Director
1987Hooperman...Director
1987A Year in the Life...Director
1987Private Eye...Director
1985The Legend of Billie Jean...Second Unit Director
1984Miami Vice...Director
1984Scandalous...Director
1980A Small Circle of Friends...Director
Speedhunters...Director

Production

2015Ghoul...Executive Producer
2005xXx: State of the Union...Executive Producer
1994Vanishing Son...Executive Producer
1994Knight Rider 2010...Executive Producer
1993Mood Indigo...Executive Producer
1991The Hard Way...Producer
1990Bird on a Wire...Producer
1989Disorganized Crime...Executive Producer
1988The Serpent and the Rainbow...Executive Producer
1987The Running Man...Executive Producer
1987The Monster Squad...Executive Producer
1987The Witches of Eastwick...Executive Producer
1987Light of Day...Producer
1985The Legend of Billie Jean...Producer
1984The Razor's Edge...Executive Producer
1979Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill...Executive Producer
1978The Wiz...Producer
1978Thank God It's Friday...Producer
1978Almost Summer...Producer
1977Scott Joplin...Executive Producer
1976The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings...Producer
1975Mahogany...Producer

Crew

2004The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing...Thanks

Writing

2004The Last Ride...Story
2002Ritual...Screenplay
1994Vanishing Son...Writer
1993Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story...Screenplay
1992The Ben Stiller Show...Writer
1984Scandalous...Story
1984Scandalous...Screenplay

Creator

1994Vanishing Son...Creator

Acting

2020Tinsel - The Lost Movie About Hollywoodas Self
2018I Am Paul Walkeras Self
2017Michael Jackson: Man In The Mirroras Self - Executive VP, Motown Records
2009How Bruce Lee Changed the Worldas Self
2004The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editingas Self
2002xXxas Columbian Horseman (uncredited)
2001The Fast and the Furiousas Pizza Hut Delivery Guy (uncredited)
2000The Skullsas College Lecturer (uncredited)
1997The Making of 'DragonHeart'as Self
1996Flash Gordon: Marooned on Mongoas Additional Voices (voice)
1994Vanishing Son IVas Teacher Benton
1994Vanishing Sonas Teacher Beaton
1994Vanishing Sonas Teacher Benton
1993Dragon: The Bruce Lee Storyas Enter The Dragon Director