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Rob Cohen

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Also known as Robert Cohen

American film director and producer

Person · Open Library

Born
1969
Works
5

Top works

  • Been there, done that!
  • Been There, Done That 6-copy counter
  • Etiquette for outlaws
  • Scream When You Burn
  • Why we rule!

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Film & TV

Directing · Cornwall, New York, USA

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…

Known for

  • Tinsel - The Lost Movie About Hollywood — Self2020
  • I Am Paul Walker — Self2018
  • Michael Jackson: Man In The Mirror — Self - Executive VP, Motown Records2017
  • How Bruce Lee Changed the World — Self2009
  • The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing — Self2004
  • xXx — Columbian Horseman (uncredited)2002
  • The Fast and the Furious — Pizza Hut Delivery Guy (uncredited)2001
  • The Skulls — College Lecturer (uncredited)2000
  • The Making of 'DragonHeart' — Self1997
  • Flash Gordon: Marooned on Mongo — Additional Voices (voice)1996

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Canada
Active from
1934-09-21
Active to
2016-11-07
blues rockcomposerscontemporary folkfictionfolkfolk rock

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Listeners
1,003
Total plays
1,972

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. A power primer.

    · 1992 · cited 41,123x

  2. A Coefficient of Agreement for Nominal Scales

    · 1960 · cited 31,237x

  3. QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data

    · 2010 · cited 30,752x

  4. A Global Measure of Perceived Stress

    · 1983 · cited 25,280x

  5. Absorptive Capacity: A New Perspective on Learning and Innovation

    · 1990 · cited 23,317x

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Key facts

Born
Robert Alan Cohen , ( 1949-03-12 ) March 12, 1949 (age 77) , Cornwall, New York , U.S.
Alma mater
Harvard University
Occupations
Producer, director, screenwriter
Years active
1975–present
Notable work
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story , Dragonheart , Daylight , The Skulls , The Fast and the Furious , XXX , Stealth , The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Spouses
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US Navy 040618-N-6817C-090 Director Rob Cohen visits with Commanding Officer, USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), Capt. Kendall L. Card, on the bridge after the completion of filming, the upcoming motion picture Stealth (cropped).JPG
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Rob Cohen
date of birth
1949-03-12
start of work period
1975-00-00
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Robert Alan Cohen (born March 12, 1949) is an American director and producer of film and television. Beginning his career as an executive producer at 20th Century Fox, Cohen produced and developed numerous high-profile film and television programs, including Dragonheart, The Wiz, The Witches of Eastwick and Light of Day until he began focusing on full-time directing in the 1990s. He directed the action films The Fast and the Furious and XXX.

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