Rob Cohen

Birthplace: Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York
Birthday: March 12, 1949

This busy producer-director of film and TV became one of Hollywood's "baby moguls" of the 1970s. At age 24, Cohen headed up the motion picture producing arm of Motown Records, overseeing some notable and/or popular black-oriented films: "Mahogany" (1975), "The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings" (1976), "Scott Joplin: King of Ragtime" (1977), "Thank God It's Friday" and Sidney Lumet's notorious "The Wiz" (both 1978). At age 28, he formed his own production company and set to work on his directorial debut, "A Small Circle of Friends"…more

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2005
Helmed the thriller "Stealth" starring Jamie Foxx and Jessica Biel
2002
Reunited with Diesel on the spy thriller "XXX"
2001
Enjoyed a box-office hit as director of "The Fast and the Furious", starring Vin Diesel
2000
Helmed the lame thriller "The Skulls"
1998
Directed the HBO movie "The Rat Pack"