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Portrait of Jem Cohen

Directing

Jem Cohen

Career

Active from 1987 to 2026, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for Instrument
Instrument
GoodWatch score78/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 7 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jem Cohen Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Tension
    4.0, average 6.0
  • Situational Comedy
    0.8, average 2.7
  • Violence
    2.2, average 4.1
  • Crime
    1.8, average 3.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Music-Driven 2
  • Visual Poetry 2
  • Experimental Documentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

62
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Gravity Hill Newsreels-Bella ciao
Gravity Hill Newsreels-Bella ciao

Director

2020s

6 titles
Little, Big, and Far
Little, Big, and Far (2026)

Director of Photography, Editor

Robert and June (and All the Time in the World)
Robert and June (and All the Time in the World) (2025)

Director

Robert and June (Cape Breton and NYC)
Robert and June (Cape Breton and NYC) (2024)

Director

June Leaf
June Leaf (2024)

Director

Ballad of Philip Guston
Ballad of Philip Guston (2022)

Director

Or Nothing (The Double)
Or Nothing (The Double) (2022)

Director

2010s

19 titles · average score 70
Makeshift (for Mekas)
Makeshift (for Mekas) (2019)

Editor, Cinematography

NYC Weights and Measures
NYC Weights and Measures (2018)

Director

This Climate
This Climate (2018)

Director

Birth of a Nation
Birth of a Nation (2017)

Director

World Without End (No Reported Incidents)
World Without End (No Reported Incidents) (2016)

Director

Bury Me Not
Bury Me Not (2016)

Director

Counting
Counting (2015)
GoodWatch score 62

Producer, Cinematography

The Film That Buys the Cinema
The Film That Buys the Cinema (2014)

Director

Helianthus Corner Blues
Helianthus Corner Blues (2013)

Director

Museum Hours
Museum Hours (2012)
GoodWatch score 77

Writer, Director

20 Little Films
20 Little Films (2012)

Director

Anne Truitt, Working
Anne Truitt, Working (2010)

Director

2000s

18 titles · average score 57
Le bled (Buildings in a Field)
Le bled (Buildings in a Field) (2009)

Director

Long for the City (Patti Smith in New York)
Long for the City (Patti Smith in New York) (2009)

Director

Chinatown Film Project
Chinatown Film Project (2009)

Director

Evening's Civil Twilight in Empires of Tin
Evening's Civil Twilight in Empires of Tin (2008)

Cinematography, Director

A Tale of Two Cities (Viennale Trailer 2007)
A Tale of Two Cities (Viennale Trailer 2007) (2007)

Director

Blessed are the Dreams of Men
Blessed are the Dreams of Men (2006)

Director

Building a Broken Mousetrap
Building a Broken Mousetrap (2006)

Director

Chain
Chain (2004)
GoodWatch score 55

Director, Producer

R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)
R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.) (2003)
GoodWatch score 57

Director

Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse
Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse (2001)

Director

Benjamin Smoke
Benjamin Smoke (2000)
GoodWatch score 60

Director

Little Flags
Little Flags (2000)

Director

1990s

11 titles · average score 77
Instrument
Instrument (1999)
GoodWatch score 78

Director of Photography, Director

Amber City
Amber City (1999)

Director

Blood Orange Sky
Blood Orange Sky (1999)

Director

Lucky Three: An Elliott Smith Portrait
Lucky Three: An Elliott Smith Portrait (1997)
GoodWatch score 77

Producer, Editor

Museum
Museum (1997)

Director

Lost Book Found
Lost Book Found (1996)

Director

Buried in Light
Buried in Light (1994)

Director

Black Hole Radio
Black Hole Radio (1992)

Director, Editor

R.E.M.: This Film Is On
R.E.M.: This Film Is On (1991)

Director

Drink Deep
Drink Deep (1991)

Director

Sketches for Late City Final
Sketches for Late City Final (1991)

Director

1980s

7 titles · average score 78
Just Hold Still
Just Hold Still (1989)

Director

Glueman
Glueman (1989)

Director

4:44 (from her house home)
4:44 (from her house home) (1989)

as Narrator

Light Years
Light Years (1989)

Director

Matewan
Matewan (1987)
GoodWatch score 82

Assistant Property Master

This Is a History of New York
This Is a History of New York (1987)

Director

At Close Range
At Close Range (1986)
GoodWatch score 74

Assistant Property Master