Rob Cohen
Known for: Directing
Born: March 12, 1949
Place of birth: 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).
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Filmography
48 movies · 12 TV shows, newest first
8.5
Tinsel - The Lost Movie About Hollywood
2020
8.2
I Am Paul Walker
2018
5.7
The Hurricane Heist
2018
8.6
Michael Jackson: Man In The Mirror
2017
6.9
Speechless
2016
4.6
Ghoul
2015
4.9
The Boy Next Door
2015
7.1
black-ish
2014
5.1
Alex Cross
2012
8.0
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
2009
5.5
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
2008
5.5
Stealth
2005
5.1
xXx: State of the Union
2005
7.0
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004
4.3
The Last Ride
2004
4.7
Ritual
2002
6.0
xXx
2002
7.0
The Fast and the Furious
2001
5.8
The Skulls
2000
5.9
The Rat Pack
1998
7.3
The Making of 'DragonHeart'
199710.0
The Guardian
1997
6.1
Daylight
1996
6.6
DragonHeart
1996
3.0
Flash Gordon: Marooned on Mongo
1996
5.6
Vanishing Son IV
1994
6.2
Vanishing Son
1994
6.8
Vanishing Son
1994
4.5
Knight Rider 2010
1994
6.9
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
1993
9.0
Mood Indigo
19935.0
The Ben Stiller Show
1992
8.0
The Antagonists
1991NR
Eddie Dodd
1991
6.2
The Hard Way
1991
6.2
Bird on a Wire
1990
6.4
Nasty Boys
1990
5.4
Disorganized Crime
1989
6.4
The Serpent and the Rainbow
1988
6.5
The Running Man
1987
6.3
thirtysomething
1987
6.1
Hooperman
1987
7.2
A Year in the Life
1987
4.8
Private Eye
1987
6.7
The Monster Squad
1987
6.5
The Witches of Eastwick
1987
5.5
Light of Day
1987
6.6
The Legend of Billie Jean
1985
6.4
The Razor's Edge
1984
7.4
Miami Vice
1984
4.7
Scandalous
1984
6.7
A Small Circle of Friends
1980
6.0
Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill
1979
6.2
The Wiz
1978
5.3
Thank God It's Friday
1978
5.3
Almost Summer
1978
6.6
Scott Joplin
1977
6.1
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
1976
5.9
Mahogany
1975NR
Speedhunters
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