Directing
Rob Cohen
Born March 12, 1949 · Cornwall, New York, USA
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).
Known for
7.0 TMDB
The Fast and the Furious
Pizza Hut Delivery Guy (uncredited), Director
6.0 TMDB
xXx
Columbian Horseman (uncredited), Director
5.5 TMDB
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Director
6.5 TMDB
The Running Man
Executive Producer
6.6 TMDB
DragonHeart
Director
5.0 TMDB
The Boy Next Door
Director
5.1 TMDB
xXx: State of the Union
Executive Producer
6.1 TMDB
Daylight
Director
6.5 TMDB
The Witches of Eastwick
Executive Producer
5.5 TMDB
Stealth
Director
5.7 TMDB
The Hurricane Heist
Director
6.2 TMDB
Bird on a Wire
Producer, Second Unit Director
6.9 TMDB
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Enter The Dragon Director, Screenplay
5.1 TMDB
Alex Cross
Director
6.7 TMDB
The Monster Squad
Executive Producer
5.8 TMDB
The Skulls
College Lecturer (uncredited), Director
6.4 TMDB
The Serpent and the Rainbow
Executive Producer, Second Unit Director
7.6
Miami Vice
Director
6.4
The Hard Way
Producer, Second Unit Director
7.1 TMDB
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Director
Filmography
- 2020Tinsel - The Lost Movie About HollywoodSelfMovie
- 2018I Am Paul WalkerSelfMovie
- 2018The Hurricane HeistDirectorMovie
- 2017Michael Jackson: Man In The MirrorSelf - Executive VP, Motown RecordsMovie
- 2016SpeechlessDirectorSeries
- 2015GhoulExecutive ProducerMovie
- 2015The Boy Next DoorDirectorMovie
- 2014black-ishDirectorSeries
- 2012Alex CrossDirectorMovie
- 2009How Bruce Lee Changed the WorldSelfMovie
- 2008The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon EmperorDirectorMovie
- 2005StealthDirectorMovie
- 2005xXx: State of the UnionExecutive ProducerMovie
- 2004The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie EditingSelf, ThanksMovie
- 2004The Last RideStoryMovie
- 2002RitualScreenplayMovie
- 2002xXxColumbian Horseman (uncredited), DirectorMovie
- 2001The Fast and the FuriousPizza Hut Delivery Guy (uncredited), DirectorMovie
- 2000The SkullsCollege Lecturer (uncredited), DirectorMovie
- 1998The Rat PackDirectorMovie
- 1997The Making of 'DragonHeart'SelfMovie
- 1997The GuardianDirectorMovie
- 1996DaylightDirectorMovie
- 1996DragonHeartDirectorMovie
- 1996Flash Gordon: Marooned on MongoAdditional Voices (voice)Movie
- 1994Vanishing Son IVTeacher BentonMovie
- 1994Vanishing SonWriterMovie
- 1994Vanishing SonTeacher Beaton, Teacher Benton, Executive Producer, CreatorSeries
- 1994Knight Rider 2010Executive ProducerMovie
- 1993Dragon: The Bruce Lee StoryEnter The Dragon Director, ScreenplayMovie
- 1993Mood IndigoExecutive ProducerMovie
- 1992The Ben Stiller ShowWriterSeries
- 1991The AntagonistsDirectorSeries
- 1991Eddie DoddDirectorSeries
- 1991The Hard WayProducer, Second Unit DirectorMovie
- 1990Bird on a WireProducer, Second Unit DirectorMovie
- 1990Nasty BoysDirectorSeries
- 1989Disorganized CrimeExecutive ProducerMovie
- 1988The Serpent and the RainbowExecutive Producer, Second Unit DirectorMovie
- 1987The Running ManExecutive ProducerMovie
- 1987thirtysomethingDirectorSeries
- 1987HoopermanDirectorSeries
- 1987A Year in the LifeDirectorSeries
- 1987Private EyeDirectorSeries
- 1987The Monster SquadExecutive ProducerMovie
- 1987The Witches of EastwickExecutive ProducerMovie
- 1987Light of DayProducerMovie
- 1985The Legend of Billie JeanProducer, Second Unit DirectorMovie
- 1984The Razor's EdgeExecutive ProducerMovie
- 1984Miami ViceDirectorSeries
- 1984ScandalousDirector, Story, ScreenplayMovie
- 1980A Small Circle of FriendsDirectorMovie
- 1979Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and GrillExecutive ProducerMovie
- 1978The WizProducerMovie
- 1978Thank God It's FridayProducerMovie
- 1978Almost SummerProducerMovie
- 1977Scott JoplinExecutive ProducerMovie
- 1976The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor KingsProducerMovie
- 1975MahoganyProducerMovie
- —SpeedhuntersDirectorMovie