Erika Cohn is an American movie director and producer. Cohn is a

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and Peabody recipient. She is also the founder of the Idle Wild Films, Inc. Company.

Education

She attended

Chapman University Chapman University is a private research university in Orange, California. It encompasses ten schools and colleges, including Fowler School of Engineering, Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, Fowler School of Law, and Schmid College of Scie ...

and

Hebrew University The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...

and earned degrees in

Film Production Filmmaking (film production) is the process by which a motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, starting with an initial story, idea, or commission. It then continues through screenwriting, casti ...

Middle Eastern studies Middle Eastern studies (sometimes referred to as Near Eastern studies) is a name given to a number of academic programs associated with the study of the history, culture, politics, economies, and geography of the Middle East, an area that is gene ...

, and Acting Performance. Erika is also a photographer and a U.S. Ambassadorial Film Scholar in Israel and Palestine.

Filmography

* ''When the Voices Fade'' (2006) * ''Giant Steps'' (2008) * ''La Guerrera'' (2008) * ''God in America'' (2010) * ''In Football We Trust'' (2015) * ''The Judge'' (2017) * ''

Belly of the Beast ''Belly of the Beast'' is a 2003 American action film directed by Hong Kong film director Ching Siu-tung in his American directorial debut, and starring Steven Seagal, who also produced. The film co-stars Byron Mann, Monica Lo and Tom Wu. Se ...

'' (2020)

Awards and fellowships

Cohn and her films have been awarded

and Peabody awards. She was awarded a

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award for ''When the Voices Fade.'' She was recognized by

Variety Variety may refer to: Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats * Variety (radio) * Variety show, in theater and television Films * ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont * ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...

as a leading documentary filmmaker "to watch in 2017." She was listed in Doc NYC's "40 Under 40" list for 2019. Her "''Win from Within''" series for

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was nominated 2016 Webby award. In 2016 she was a National MediaMaker Fellow and was admitted to the CPB Producer's Academy. In 2017 she was a Rauschenberg Foundation Artist as Activist Fellow.

References

External links

Erika Cohn Biography

Idle Wild Films Inc. Official Website

Interview with Erika Cohn on her film Belly of the Beast
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cohn, Erika Living people American documentary film directors American women documentary filmmakers Directors Guild of America Award winners American film producers Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Chapman University alumni 21st-century American women