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Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Executive Producer, Actor Born: March 12, 1949 in Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY Biography:One of the 1970s' "baby moguls," "Rob Cohen" built a thriving career as a producer in the 1970s and 1980s. After a false start directing features in the early '80s, "Cohen" gave up producing in the 1990s to concentrate full time on directing, finally scoring his first bona-fide hit with "The Fast and the Furious" (2001).
Raised in New York's Hudson River Valley, "Cohen" knew he wanted to make movies by junior high school. Transferring to Harvard University in the late '60s, "Cohen" shot a recruiting film for Harvard's admissions office before he graduated in 1971. "Cohen" immediately headed to Los Angeles to work for a producer, but soon found himself unemployed when the producer went bankrupt. After a janitorial stint at an animal hospital, "Cohen" became a reader for then-agent "Mike Medavoy". Quickly distinguishing himself by recommending the script for "The Sting" (1973) to his boss, "Cohen"... Full Biography
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