Rob Cohen

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Rob Cohen

Directing 77 March 12, 1949

Cornwall, New York, USA

Rob Cohen (born March 12, 1949) is an American film director, writer and producer. He is best known for directing the first Fast and the Furious installment (2001), as well as the…

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The Fast and the Furious

The Fast and the Furious

7.0 2001 Movie
xXx

xXx

6.0 2002 Movie
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

5.5 2008 Movie
The Running Man

The Running Man

6.5 1987 Movie
DragonHeart

DragonHeart

6.6 1996 Movie
The Boy Next Door

The Boy Next Door

4.9 2015 Movie
xXx: State of the Union

xXx: State of the Union

5.1 2005 Movie
Daylight

Daylight

6.1 1996 Movie
The Witches of Eastwick

The Witches of Eastwick

6.5 1987 Movie
Stealth

Stealth

5.5 2005 Movie
Miami Vice

Miami Vice

7.4 1984 TV Show
The Hurricane Heist

The Hurricane Heist

5.7 2018 Movie

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Rob Cohen (born March 12, 1949) is an American film director, writer and producer. He is best known for directing the first Fast and the Furious installment (2001), as well as the action films xXx (2002) and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emporer (2008). He's a graduate in Anthropology and Visual Studies from Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and while working as a reader for Universal in the early-1970s discovered the screenplay for what would become The Sting (1973).

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2020
    Tinsel - The Lost Movie About Hollywood

    Movie Self

  2. 2018
    I Am Paul Walker

    Movie Self

  3. 2018
    The Hurricane Heist

    Movie Director

  4. 2017
    Michael Jackson: Man In The Mirror

    Movie Self - Executive VP, Motown Records

  5. 2016
    Speechless

    TV show Director

  6. 2015
    Ghoul

    Movie Executive Producer

  7. 2015
    The Boy Next Door

    Movie Director

  8. 2014
    black-ish

    TV show Director

  9. 2012
    Alex Cross

    Movie Director

  10. 2009
    How Bruce Lee Changed the World

    Movie Self

  11. 2008
    The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

    Movie Director

  12. 2005
    Stealth

    Movie Director

  13. 2005
    xXx: State of the Union

    Movie Executive Producer

  14. 2004
    The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

    Movie Self

  15. 2004
    The Last Ride

    Movie Story

  16. 2002
    Ritual

    Movie Screenplay

More credits
  1. 2002
    xXx

    Movie Columbian Horseman (uncredited)

  2. 2001
    The Fast and the Furious

    Movie Pizza Hut Delivery Guy (uncredited)

  3. 2000
    The Skulls

    Movie College Lecturer (uncredited)

  4. 1998
    The Rat Pack

    Movie Director

  5. 1997
    The Making of 'DragonHeart'

    Movie Self

  6. 1997
    The Guardian

    Movie Director

  7. 1996
    Daylight

    Movie Director

  8. 1996
    DragonHeart

    Movie Director

  9. 1996
    Flash Gordon: Marooned on Mongo

    Movie Additional Voices (voice)

  10. 1994
    Vanishing Son IV

    Movie Teacher Benton

  11. 1994
    Vanishing Son

    Movie Writer

  12. 1994
    Vanishing Son

    TV show Teacher Beaton

  13. 1994
    Knight Rider 2010

    Movie Executive Producer

  14. 1993
    Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

    Movie Enter The Dragon Director

  15. 1993
    Mood Indigo

    Movie Executive Producer

  16. 1992
    The Ben Stiller Show

    TV show Writer

  17. 1991
    The Antagonists

    TV show Director

  18. 1991
    Eddie Dodd

    TV show Director

  19. 1991
    The Hard Way

    Movie Producer

  20. 1990
    Bird on a Wire

    Movie Producer

  21. 1990
    Nasty Boys

    TV show Director

  22. 1989
    Disorganized Crime

    Movie Executive Producer

  23. 1988
    The Serpent and the Rainbow

    Movie Executive Producer

  24. 1987
    The Running Man

    Movie Executive Producer