- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- March 12, 1949
- Place of Birth
- Cornwall, New York, USA
Rob Cohen
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).
Filmography
movieTinsel - The Lost Movie About Hollywood
2020 · Self
movieI Am Paul Walker
2018 · Self
movieThe Hurricane Heist
2018 · Director
movieMichael Jackson: Man In The Mirror
2017 · Self - Executive VP, Motown Records
tvSpeechless
2016 · Director
movieGhoul
2015 · Executive Producer
movieThe Boy Next Door
2015 · Director
tvblack-ish
2014 · Director
movieAlex Cross
2012 · Director
movieHow Bruce Lee Changed the World
2009 · Self
movieThe Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
2008 · Director
movieStealth
2005 · Director
moviexXx: State of the Union
2005 · Executive Producer
movieThe Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004 · Self, Thanks
movieThe Last Ride
2004 · Story
movieRitual
2002 · Screenplay
moviexXx
2002 · Columbian Horseman (uncredited), Director
movieThe Fast and the Furious
2001 · Pizza Hut Delivery Guy (uncredited), Director
movieThe Skulls
2000 · College Lecturer (uncredited), Director
movieThe Rat Pack
1998 · Director
movieThe Making of 'DragonHeart'
1997 · Self
The Guardian
movieThe Guardian
1997 · Director
movieDaylight
1996 · Director
movieDragonHeart
1996 · Director
movieFlash Gordon: Marooned on Mongo
1996 · Additional Voices (voice)
movieVanishing Son IV
1994 · Teacher Benton
movieVanishing Son
1994 · Writer
tvVanishing Son
1994 · Teacher Beaton, Teacher Benton, Executive Producer, Creator
movieKnight Rider 2010
1994 · Executive Producer
movieDragon: The Bruce Lee Story
1993 · Enter The Dragon Director, Screenplay
movieMood Indigo
1993 · Executive Producer
tvThe Ben Stiller Show
1992 · Writer
tvThe Antagonists
1991 · Director
Eddie Dodd
tvEddie Dodd
1991 · Director
movieThe Hard Way
1991 · Producer, Second Unit Director
movieBird on a Wire
1990 · Producer, Second Unit Director
tvNasty Boys
1990 · Director
movieDisorganized Crime
1989 · Executive Producer
movieThe Serpent and the Rainbow
1988 · Executive Producer, Second Unit Director
movieThe Running Man
1987 · Executive Producer
tvthirtysomething
1987 · Director
tvHooperman
1987 · Director
tvA Year in the Life
1987 · Director
tvPrivate Eye
1987 · Director
movieThe Monster Squad
1987 · Executive Producer
movieThe Witches of Eastwick
1987 · Executive Producer
movieLight of Day
1987 · Producer
movieThe Legend of Billie Jean
1985 · Producer, Second Unit Director
movieThe Razor's Edge
1984 · Executive Producer
tvMiami Vice
1984 · Director
movieScandalous
1984 · Director, Screenplay, Story
movieA Small Circle of Friends
1980 · Director
movieAmateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill
1979 · Executive Producer
movieThe Wiz
1978 · Producer
movieThank God It's Friday
1978 · Producer
movieAlmost Summer
1978 · Producer
movieScott Joplin
1977 · Executive Producer
movieThe Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
1976 · Producer
movieMahogany
1975 · Producer
Speedhunters
movieSpeedhunters
— · Director