Directing
Jem Cohen
1962-01-01 · Kabul, Afghanistan
Born in Afghanistan, Jem Cohen is an American experimental filmmaker and photographer, especially known for his observational portraits of urban landscapes, blending of media formats, and collaborations with musicians. Cohen has worked extensively with musicians including Patti Smith, Fugazi, Terry Riley, R.E.M., Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Xylouris White, DJ Rupture, the Ex, Elliott Smith, Vic Chesnutt, Mary Margaret O’Hara, Matana Roberts, Jessica Moss, Jonathan Richman, T.Griffin/Catherine McRae, White Magic, and the Orpheus Orchestra with Gil Shaham, and has collaborated with writers Luc Sante and Sam Stephenson, and graphic artist Ben Katchor.
Known for
At Close Range
Matewan
Museum Hours
Instrument
Lucky Three: An Elliott Smith Portrait
Chain
Benjamin Smoke
Lost Book Found
Counting
Amber City
Drink Deep
Just Hold Still
World Without End (No Reported Incidents)
Anne Truitt, Working
This Is a History of New York
R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)
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Little, Big, and Far
Robert and June (and All the Time in the World)
Robert and June (Cape Breton and NYC)
June Leaf
Or Nothing (The Double)
Ballad of Philip Guston
Makeshift (for Mekas)
Vox Populi
NYC Weights and Measures
This Climate
Birth of a Nation
World Without End (No Reported Incidents)
Bury Me Not
Peter Hutton
On Essex Road
Counting
We Have an Anchor
The Film That Buys the Cinema
Helianthus Corner Blues
Museum Hours
20 Little Films
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street
Real Birds
Anne Truitt, Working
Crossing Paths with Luce Vigo
Chinatown Film Project
Long for the City (Patti Smith in New York)
Le bled (Buildings in a Field)
Night Scene New York
The Passage Clock: For Walter Benjamin
Evening's Civil Twilight in Empires of Tin
Half The Battle
A Tale of Two Cities (Viennale Trailer 2007)
Spirit (Smells Like Teen Spirit)
Blessed are the Dreams of Men
Building a Broken Mousetrap
Chain
R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)
The Foxx and Little Vic
Nice Evening, Transmission Down
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