Rob Cohen
Rob Cohen
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Rob Cohen

Director 1949-03-12 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 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).

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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The Fast and the Furious

The Fast and the Furious

2001 · Pizza Hut Delivery Guy (uncredited)

xXx

xXx

2002 · Columbian Horseman (uncredited)

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

1993 · Enter The Dragon Director

The Skulls

The Skulls

2000 · College Lecturer (uncredited)

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

2004 · Self

I Am Paul Walker

I Am Paul Walker

2018 · Self

How Bruce Lee Changed the World

How Bruce Lee Changed the World

2009 · Self

Michael Jackson: Man In The Mirror

Michael Jackson: Man In The Mirror

2017 · Self - Executive VP, Motown Records

Vanishing Son IV

Vanishing Son IV

1994 · Teacher Benton

Vanishing Son

Vanishing Son

1994 · Teacher Beaton

The Making of 'DragonHeart'

The Making of 'DragonHeart'

1997 · Self

Tinsel - The Lost Movie About Hollywood

Tinsel - The Lost Movie About Hollywood

2020 · Self

Flash Gordon: Marooned on Mongo

Flash Gordon: Marooned on Mongo

1996 · Additional Voices (voice)