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Rob Cohen

Rob Cohen

Director · Born March 12, 1949 · Cornwall, New York, USA

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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).

Directed 27

Produced 22

1990s

  1. 1994
  2. Knight Rider 2010

    Executive Producer

  3. 1993

    Mood Indigo

    Executive Producer

  4. 1991
  5. 1990

1970s

  1. 1979

    Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill

    Executive Producer

  2. 1978
  3. Almost Summer

    Producer

  4. 1977

    Scott Joplin

    Executive Producer

  5. 1976

    The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings

    Producer

  6. 1975

    Mahogany

    Producer

Acted in 7

Wrote 6

2000s

  1. 2004

    The Last Ride

    Story

  2. 2002

    Ritual

    Screenplay

1980s

  1. 1984

    Scandalous

    Screenplay, Story

Created 1

Appearances6

2020s

  1. 2020

    Tinsel - The Lost Movie About Hollywood

    Self

2010s

  1. 2018
  2. 2017

    Michael Jackson: Man In The Mirror

    Self - Executive VP, Motown Records

2000s

  1. 2009

    How Bruce Lee Changed the World

    Self

  2. 2004

    The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

    Self

1990s

  1. 1997

    The Making of 'DragonHeart'

    Self

Thanked in the credits1

2000s

  1. 2004

    The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

    Thanks