Rob Cohen
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- March 12, 1949, Cornwall, New York, USA
- Movies
- 38
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).
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2020 | Tinsel - The Lost Movie About Hollywood | Self |
| 2018 | I Am Paul Walker | Self |
| 2017 | Michael Jackson: Man In The Mirror | Self - Executive VP, Motown Records |
| 2009 | How Bruce Lee Changed the World | Self |
| 2004 | The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing | Self |
| 2002 | xXx | Columbian Horseman (uncredited) |
| 2001 | The Fast and the Furious | Pizza Hut Delivery Guy (uncredited) |
| 2000 | The Skulls | College Lecturer (uncredited) |
| 1997 | The Making of 'DragonHeart' | Self |
| 1996 | Flash Gordon: Marooned on Mongo | Additional Voices (voice) |
| 1994 | Vanishing Son IV | Teacher Benton |
| 1993 | Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story | Enter The Dragon Director |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2018 | The Hurricane Heist | Director |
| 2015 | The Boy Next Door | Director |
| 2012 | Alex Cross | Director |
| 2008 | The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | Director |
| 2005 | Stealth | Director |
| 2002 | Ritual | Screenplay |
| 2002 | xXx | Director |
| 2001 | The Fast and the Furious | Director |
| 2000 | The Skulls | Director |
| 1998 | The Rat Pack | Director |
| 1997 | The Guardian | Director |
| 1996 | Daylight | Director |
| 1996 | DragonHeart | Director |
| 1994 | Vanishing Son | Writer |
| 1993 | Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story | Screenplay, Director |
| 1991 | The Hard Way | Producer |
| 1990 | Bird on a Wire | Producer |
| 1987 | Light of Day | Producer |
| 1985 | The Legend of Billie Jean | Producer |
| 1984 | Scandalous | Director, Screenplay |
| 1980 | A Small Circle of Friends | Director |
| 1978 | The Wiz | Producer |
| 1978 | Thank God It's Friday | Producer |
| 1978 | Almost Summer | Producer |
| 1976 | The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings | Producer |
| 1975 | Mahogany | Producer |
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