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FIlm Media Program

Faculty

Rob Cohen

Rob Cohen

Instructor

Email: filmcohen@mail.uri.edu
Phone: (914) 419-7112
Office: Swan Hall 152
Office hours: by appointment

Rob Cohen is a writer and director who has worked across the expanse of the movie and television business, and directed films around the world. He was the Executive Producer/Creative Director of the series NextWorld and FutureCar, produced by CBS and aired on the Discovery Channel. He has also created programming for the History Channel, NBC and USA Networks. For 3 consecutive years, he wrote and directed the John McEnroe US Open tv special.

Prior to his work at CBS, Rob Cohen directed and produced the film The Longest River, which was part of the PBS series, Quest. He also directed the opening film for the Super Bowl. He has just finished directing/writing the documentary feature Kinderblock 66: Return to Buchenwald.

As a writer and director in advertising and corporate media, he has created films and television spots for the leading global brands including General Motors, Cisco, GAP, Sony, McDonalds, GE, and many others. Rob Cohen runs the production company Internal Combustion. He is currently under contract to write the new sitcom Wheels.

Rob Cohen has a degree in film from Yale University.