Bonni Cohen
Born: 1975-01-01
Known For: Directing
Biography
Bonni Cohen is an American documentary film producer and director. She is the co-founder of Actual Films and has produced and directed an array of award-winning films. Most recently, she produced the Oscar-nominated film Lead Me Home, which premiered at the 2021 Telluride Film Festival and is a Netflix Original. She also recently co-directed Athlete A, which won an Emmy for Outstanding Investigative Documentary and received four nominations from the Critics’ Choice Awards. She is the co-founder of Actual Films, the production company of the documentaries An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, Audrie & Daisy, 3.5 Minutes, The Island President, Lost Boys of Sudan and The Rape of Europa. Cohen is the co-founder of the Catapult Film Fund.
Filmography
2025
- Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore ... (Producer)
- Mercedes ... (Executive Producer)
- Art and Science Collide ... (Executive Producer)
- Vivien’s Wild Ride ... (Executive Producer)
2024
- In Waves and War ... (Director)
- The White House Effect ... (Producer)
- Night of Nights ... (Executive Producer)
2023
- LIFT ... (Executive Producer)
- Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever ... (Executive Producer)
- One with the Whale ... (Executive Producer)
2022
- Surf Nation ... (Executive Producer)
- Make a Splash ... (Director)
2021
- Lead Me Home ... (Producer)
2020
- Athlete A ... (Director)
2019
- Cooked: Survival by Zip Code ... (Consulting Producer)
- Life Overtakes Me ... (Executive Producer)
- The Seer and the Unseen ... (Executive Producer)
- Just Breathe ... (Director)
2017
- An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power ... (Director)
- When God Sleeps ... (Executive Producer)
- Truth in Ten ... (Director)
2016
- Audrie & Daisy ... (Producer)
- Extremis ... (Executive Producer)
2015
- 3 ½ Minutes, 10 Bullets ... (Executive Producer)
2014
- Art and Craft ... (Executive Producer)
- The Last Season ... (Consulting Producer)
2013
- Wonders Are Many: The Making of Doctor Atomic ... (Producer)
- American Jerusalem: Jews and the Making of San Francisco ... (Executive Producer)
2012
- The Island President ... (Producer)
2007
- The Rape of Europa ... (Director)
2001
- Open Outcry ... (Producer)
2000
- They Drew Fire ... (Producer)
- Wild on the Set ... (Director)
1998
- Kofi Annan: Eye of the Storm ... (Director)
1994
- Meet Me in Miami Beach ... (Director)
1985
- Explorer ... (Producer)