Jem Cohen Chain

Jem Cohen

New York filmmaker Jem Cohen’s work includes Benjamin Smoke, Amber City, Lost Book Found, Instrument (with the band Fugazi – 1999), and Buried in Light. His films have screened at festivals including Berlin, Rotterdam, Vancouver, Edinburgh, the Viennale, and Cinematexas. He has had retrospectives at venues including the NFT (London), Oberhausen (Germany), Gijon Film Festival (Spain), and the Berlin Arsenal. His work has been broadcast on PBS, ZDF/ARTE, the BBC, the Sundance Channel, and is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Screen Gallery at Federation Square (Melbourne).

http://www.jemcohenfilms.com,


Awards & Accomplishments

  • 2012

    Film Festival

    Cohen screens work at the International Film Festival Rotterdam

  • 2001

    Fellowship

    Cohen receives John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship

  • 2002

    Residency

    Cohen is Artist-in-Residence at Eyebeam Moving Image

  • 2003

    Grant

    Cohen receives NEA Grant

  • 2003

    Residency

    Cohen receives MacDowell Colony Residency

  • 2005

    Award

    Cohen receives CalArts Alpert Award

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