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Rob Cohen, American film actor, screenwriter, director and producer

Rob Cohen - an American actor, director, screenwriter and producer - was born in 1949, March 12, in Cornwall (New York). The childhood of the future filmmaker passed in the city of Huberg. There, he studied at Huberg High School, and then went to university at Harvard and graduated in 1973.

Carier start

Immediately after receiving his diploma, Rob Cohen got a job as a producer of the record company Motoven Records, in the cinema department. Then he began to produce various musical film projects at nearby film studios.

His debut work was a melodramatic film called "Mahogany". The lead role was played by singer Diana Ross, the star of that time. Later, Rob Cohen produced the films "Today is Friday, thank God", "Visas", "Wandering Stars".

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The first directorial experience

In 1980, Rob Cohen made his debut film - the drama "A Small Circle of Friends." The eighties of the 20th century were a blessed time for the director and producer: he shot a fantasy film "The Witches of Eastwick", a fantastic action movie "Platoon of Monsters" and an action-packed fantasy with Arnold Schwarzenegger called "Running Man". Cohen worked on the film “The Serpent and the Rainbow” as an executive producer in tandem with director Wes Craven.

He shot the film Bird on the Wire alone, and the crime comedy Naprol along with Michael J. Fox, a Canadian director and producer.

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Epic productions

Since the beginning of the nineties, Cohen began to be engaged only in directing, in 1993 he released the biographical action movie "Dragon: Bruce Lee", and then the adventure film "Heart of the Dragon". Among the director’s more recent work is Daylight, filmed in 1996, starring Sylvester Stallone, and the Skull thriller for teens with Paul Walker.

Successful projects

In 2001, the director shot The Fast and the Furious and the first part of Three X's. Both films were staged with the participation of actor Vin Diesel, who managed to bring both films to the category of commercially successful. “Fast and the Furious” turned out to be an incentive to create an entire series, which quickly scored six full-weight parts.

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Stealth and Mummy

Thanks to this success, the director had the opportunity to access other large-budget film projects. But one of them - "Stealth" - was failed, the loss amounted to about seventy million dollars.

However, three years later, Rob Cohen, whose films already had his own audience, managed to rehabilitate himself by releasing the epic film Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, which collected more than four hundred million dollars, and this is only in the United States. The sequel to The Mummy 2 was later filmed. And after some time, the shooting of the third part was completed.

The Mummy - continued

Recently, director Cohen announced his intention to continue shooting the famous epic "The Mummy", the third part of which has already been released. Now the next step is "Mummy 4". Rob Cohen has not yet decided on the choice of the main negative character: they may again become Rick O'Connell in the performance of Brendan Fraser.

The first two films were shot in Egypt, the third - in China. “We have proven that our Mummy can move,” Cohen said. “Perhaps the shooting of the fourth series will take place in Peru or Mexico, this has not yet been decided.”

In 2013, the director directed the thriller "I, Alex Cross", which tells of a fanatical policeman and a maniac whom alone could not be dealt with. And again failure, low ratings and insufficient box office. After this, Rob returned to work on the third part of the film "Three X's" with Vin Diesel in the title role. The popular actor ensured the success of the next series.

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Rob Cohen: filmography

During his career, the director shot eighteen films. The following is a complete list of his works.

  • "A small circle of friends."
  • "Miami Police."
  • "Private look."
  • "Huperman."
  • "Thirty and a little."
  • "Antagonists."
  • "Daylight".
  • "Rat pack."
  • "The Dragon: The Story of Bruce Lee."
  • "Heart of Dragon".
  • "Skulls."
  • The Fast and the Furious.
  • "Three X."
  • Rammstein.
  • Stealth.
  • "Mummy".
  • "Me, Alex Cross."
  • "Fan".

Films that Cohen produced:

  • "Red tree".
  • "Bingo is lanky."
  • "Today is Friday, thank God."
  • "Visas".
  • "Razor Point".
  • "Billy Jean, the legend."
  • "Daylight".
  • "Eastwick Witches."
  • "Platoon of Monsters".
  • "Running Man".
  • "Thistle".
  • "The Serpent and the Rainbow."
  • "Disorganized crime."
  • "Bird on the wire."
  • In advance.
  • "Thoughts in the Fog."
  • "Knight of the road."
  • "Disappearing son."
  • "Last exit."
  • "Three X."

Films in which the roles were played by Cohen Rob:

  • "Visas".
  • Dragon: The Story of Bruce Lee.
  • "Disappearing son."
  • "Daylight".
  • "Skulls."
  • The Fast and the Furious.
  • "Three X."

Scripts written by the director.

  • "Wonderful years."
  • "Dragon: Bruce Lee."
  • "The Disappearing Son", "Ritual".
  • "Last exit."

Personal life

The director was married twice. The second time in 2006. He made an offer to Barbara Lardera, and she accepted him. Barbara is a former professional model. Having married Cohen, she decided to retrain as a tour operator.

However, the change of profession did not prevent her on March 20, 2008, from giving birth to Cohen three heirs at once: two boys and one girl, whom they named Sean, Jazy and Zoe.

Rob Cohen has a son from his first marriage, his name is Kyle.

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