Jem Cohen
Born in Afghanistan, Jem Cohen is an American experimental filmmaker and photographer, especially known for his observational portraits of urban landscapes, blending of media formats, and collaborations with musicians. Cohen has worked extensively with musicians including Patti Smith, Fugazi, Terry Riley, R.E.M., Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Xylouris White, DJ Rupture, the Ex, Elliott Smith, Vic Chesnutt, Mary Margaret O’Hara, Matana Roberts, Jessica Moss, Jonathan Richman, T.Griffin/Catherine McRae, White Magic, and the Orpheus Orchestra with Gil Shaham, and has collaborated with writers Luc Sante and Sam Stephenson, and graphic artist Ben Katchor.
Crew
Counting
Sound Designer, Director, Cinematography, Editor, Producer
Instrument
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
Matewan
Assistant Property Master
Benjamin Smoke
Director
Museum Hours
Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Sound Designer
Lucky Three: An Elliott Smith Portrait
Director, Camera Operator, Producer, Editor
Little Flags
Director
Amber City
Director
Ballad of Philip Guston
Director
Or Nothing (The Double)
Director
Chain
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography
Lost Book Found
Director
Drink Deep
Director
Anne Truitt, Working
Director
Museum
Director
This Is a History of New York
Director
Buried in Light
Director
Building a Broken Mousetrap
Director
Blessed are the Dreams of Men
Director
Evening's Civil Twilight in Empires of Tin
Director, Producer, Cinematography, Editor
Black Hole Radio
Director, Editor, Sound Editor
Just Hold Still
Director
The Film That Buys the Cinema
Director
Blood Orange Sky
Director
NYC Weights and Measures
Director
Makeshift (for Mekas)
Cinematography, Editor, Director
Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse
Director
4:44 (from her house home)
Director
Le bled (Buildings in a Field)
Director
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street
Director
Helianthus Corner Blues
Director
Spirit (Smells Like Teen Spirit)
Director
20 Little Films
Director
At Close Range
Assistant Property Master
World Without End (No Reported Incidents)
Director
Crossing Paths with Luce Vigo
Director
Bury Me Not
Director
Birth of a Nation
Director
The Foxx and Little Vic
Director
Peter Hutton
Director
R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)
Director
R.E.M. - This Film Is On
Director
Night Scene New York
Director
Sketches for Late City Final
Director
This Climate
Director
Light Years
Director
On Essex Road
Director
Long for the City (Patti Smith in New York)
Director
Little, Big, and Far
Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Sound
Glueman
Director
free
Director
Nightswimming
Director
Half The Battle
Director
Chinatown Film Project
Director
Robert and June (Cape Breton and NYC)
Director
June Leaf
Director
We Have an Anchor
Director
Gravity Hill Newsreels-Bella ciao
Director
MARC RIBOT FEAT. TOM WAITS – Bella Ciao (Goodbye Beautiful)
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
The Passage Clock: For Walter Benjamin
Director
Nice Evening, Transmission Down
Director
Vox Populi
Director
Opened Ending
Director
Tree Song
Director
Aerie
Director
Films For Freedom
Director
Real Birds
Director