Awards & Winners

Bruce Cohen

Date of Birth 23-September-1961
Place of Birth Falls Church
(Virginia, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Film Producer, Television producer, Businessperson
Bruce Cohen is a film, television, and theater producer. He began his film career as the Directors Guild of America trainee on Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple, and went on to serve as associate producer and first assistant director on Spielberg's Hook. Cohen won the Best Picture Oscar for producing American Beauty. He earned additional Best Picture nominations for Milk and Silver Linings Playbook. American Beauty, directed by Sam Mendes, won a total of five Oscars, as well as the Golden Globe, British Academy of Film and Television, and Producers Guild of America awards. Milk, directed by Gus Van Sant, was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won Oscars for Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay, as well as the PGA's Stanley Kramer Award. Silver Linings Playbook, written and directed by David O. Russell, was nominated for eight Oscars. It was the first film in 31 years to be nominated in all four acting categories, and Jennifer Lawrence won the Oscar in the Best Actress category. Among the other films Cohen has produced is Big Fish, directed by Tim Burton, which was both a Golden Globe and BAFTA nominee for Best Picture.

Awards by Bruce Cohen

Check all the awards nominated and won by Bruce Cohen.

2013


Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature
Honored for : Silver Linings Playbook

Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature Silver Linings Playbook
Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture Silver Linings Playbook

2012


Nominations 2012 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Picture Silver Linings Playbook

2011


Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Programs The Academy Awards
83rd Annual Academy Awards

2009


Stanley Kramer Award
Honored for : Milk

Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture Milk
BAFTA Award for Best Film Milk

2008


Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Picture Milk

2004


Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Film Big Fish
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Big Fish

2000


Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
Honored for : American Beauty
BAFTA Award for Best Film
Honored for : American Beauty
Australian Film Institute Award for Best Foreign Film
Honored for : American Beauty

Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Razzie Award for Worst Picture The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
BAFTA Award for Best Film American Beauty
Razzie Award for Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
for the category: WORST REMAKE or SEQUEL
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama American Beauty
Australian Film Institute Award for Best Foreign Film American Beauty

1999


Academy Award for Best Picture
Honored for : American Beauty
PGA Producer of the Year Award for Motion Picture Producer of the Year
Honored for : American Beauty

Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
PGA Producer of the Year Award for Motion Picture Producer of the Year American Beauty
Academy Award for Best Picture American Beauty

1994


Razzie Award for Worst Screenplay
Honored for : The Flintstones

Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Razzie Award for Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel The Flintstones
for the category: WORST REMAKE or SEQUEL
Razzie Award for Worst Screenplay The Flintstones