Rob Cohen
Born: 1949-03-12 in Cornwall, New York, USA
Known For: Directing
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).
Filmography
2020
2018
- The Hurricane Heist ... (Director)
- I Am Paul Walker as Self
2017
- Michael Jackson: Man In The Mirror as Self - Executive VP, Motown Records
2016
- Speechless ... (Director)
2015
- The Boy Next Door ... (Director)
- Ghoul ... (Executive Producer)
2014
- black-ish ... (Director)
2012
- Alex Cross ... (Director)
2009
- How Bruce Lee Changed the World as Self
2008
- The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor ... (Director)
2005
- xXx: State of the Union ... (Executive Producer)
- Stealth ... (Director)
2004
- The Last Ride ... (Story)
- The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing as Self
2001
- The Fast and the Furious as Pizza Hut Delivery Guy (uncredited)
2000
- The Skulls as College Lecturer (uncredited)
1998
- The Rat Pack ... (Director)
1997
- The Guardian ... (Director)
- The Making of 'DragonHeart' as Self
1996
- DragonHeart ... (Director)
- Daylight ... (Director)
- Flash Gordon: Marooned on Mongo as Additional Voices (voice)
1994
- Vanishing Son as Teacher Beaton
- Knight Rider 2010 ... (Executive Producer)
- Vanishing Son ... (Writer)
- Vanishing Son IV as Teacher Benton
1993
- Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story as Enter The Dragon Director
- Mood Indigo ... (Executive Producer)
1992
- The Ben Stiller Show ... (Writer)
1991
- The Hard Way ... (Producer)
- Eddie Dodd ... (Director)
- The Antagonists ... (Director)
1990
- Nasty Boys ... (Director)
- Bird on a Wire ... (Producer)
1989
- Disorganized Crime ... (Executive Producer)
1988
- The Serpent and the Rainbow ... (Executive Producer)
1987
- thirtysomething ... (Director)
- The Running Man ... (Executive Producer)
- Hooperman ... (Director)
- The Witches of Eastwick ... (Executive Producer)
- A Year in the Life ... (Director)
- The Monster Squad ... (Executive Producer)
- Private Eye ... (Director)
- Light of Day ... (Producer)
1985
- The Legend of Billie Jean ... (Producer)
1984
- Miami Vice ... (Director)
- The Razor's Edge ... (Executive Producer)
- Scandalous ... (Director)
1980
- A Small Circle of Friends ... (Director)
1979
- Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill ... (Executive Producer)
1978
- The Wiz ... (Producer)
- Thank God It's Friday ... (Producer)
- Almost Summer ... (Producer)
1977
- Scott Joplin ... (Executive Producer)
1976
- The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings ... (Producer)
1975
- Mahogany ... (Producer)