Awards & Winners

Jem Cohen

Date of Birth 1962
Place of Birth Kabul
(Kabul Province, Afghanistan)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Jem, Jem Alan Cohen
Profession Cinematographer, Film director, Film Editor, Film Producer, Screenwriter
Jem Alan Cohen is a New York City-based American film maker, especially known for his observational portraits of urban landscapes, blending of media formats and collaborations with music artists. He is the recipient of the Independent Spirit Award for feature filmmaking. "Cohen's films have been broadcast in Europe by the BBC and ZDF/ARTE, and in the United States by the Sundance Channel and PBS. They are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney, and Melbourne's Screen Gallery." He also makes multi-channel installations and still photographs and had a photography show at Robert Miller Gallery in 2009. He has received grants from the Guggenheim, Creative Capital, Rockefeller and Alpert Foundations, the National Endowment for the Arts, and other organizations.

Awards by Jem Cohen

Check all the awards nominated and won by Jem Cohen.

2014


Nominations 2014 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Independent Spirit Award for Best Editing Museum Hours
Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award Museum Hours

2005


Independent Spirit Someone to Watch Award
Honored for : Chain
(Turning Leaf Someone to Watch Award)

Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Independent Spirit Someone to Watch Award Chain
Turning Leaf Someone to Watch Award

2001


Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada
(Film)

Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Independent Spirit Truer than Fiction Award Benjamin Smoke
DIRECTV/IFC Truer Than Fiction Award