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Jem Cohen

Titles: 62movies

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

Directed: 60
titles as director

Average score: 67/100

Highest rated: Instrument
78/100

What stands out

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

Jem Cohen Catalog average

Showbiz
4.6average 1.2
Pop Culture
5.2average 2.2
Biographical
3.6average 1.0
Melancholy
6.3average 4.7
Nostalgia
5.3average 3.7
Contemporary Realism
6.6average 5.4
Class & Capitalism
4.5average 3.3
Social Commentary
5.8average 4.9

Rarely in their work

Tension
4.0, average 6.0
Violence
2.2, average 4.2
Situational Comedy
0.8, average 2.7
Crime
1.8, average 3.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Documentary 26
Music 9
Drama 4

Recurring tags

Experimental Documentary 2
Visual Poetry 2
Music-Driven 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

62

Type

RoleAny Directing60 Editing9 Production6 Camera5 Sound4 Writing3 Other crew3 Art2 Acting1

ScoreAny 60+70+80+

DecadeAny 1980s7 1990s11 2000s18 2010s19 2020s6 Upcoming1

GenreAny Documentary26 Music9 Drama6 Crime1 Thriller1 Comedy1 History1

Group by

Newest first Oldest first

Upcoming

1 title

Gravity Hill Newsreels-Bella ciao

Director

2020s

6 titles

Little, Big, and Far

Sound, Director

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

Director

Director

Robert and June (Cape Breton and NYC)

Director

Ballad of Philip Guston

Director

Or Nothing (The Double)

Director

2010s

19 titles · average score 70

Makeshift (for Mekas)

Director, Editor

NYC Weights and Measures

Director

Vox Populi

Director

World Without End (No Reported Incidents)

Director

Bury Me Not

Director

Director

Counting

Director, Editor

The Film That Buys the Cinema

Director

Museum Hours

Director of Photography, Editor

20 Little Films

Director

Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street

Director

Anne Truitt, Working

Director

All 19 titles from the 2010s

2000s

18 titles · average score 57

Chinatown Film Project

Director

Long for the City (Patti Smith in New York)

Director

Le bled (Buildings in a Field)

Director

Evening's Civil Twilight in Empires of Tin

Director, Editor

A Tale of Two Cities (Viennale Trailer 2007)

Director

Building a Broken Mousetrap

Director

Blessed are the Dreams of Men

Director

Chain

Writer, Producer

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

Director

Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse

Director

Benjamin Smoke

Director

Director

All 18 titles from the 2000s

1990s

11 titles · average score 77

Instrument

Director of Photography, Director

Amber City

Director

Blood Orange Sky

Director

Lucky Three: An Elliott Smith Portrait

Camera Operator, Editor

Director

Lost Book Found

Director

Buried in Light

Director

Black Hole Radio

Director, Editor

R.E.M. - This Film Is On

Director

Drink Deep

Director

Sketches for Late City Final

Director

1980s

7 titles · average score 78

Glueman

Director

Just Hold Still

Director

4:44 (from her house home)

as Narrator

Director

Matewan

Assistant Property Master

This Is a History of New York

Director

At Close Range

Assistant Property Master