Hervé Cohen
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Biography
Hervé Cohen is an award-winning filmmaker and cinematographer and has traveled the world to capture compelling stories for international productions: from the Amazon, filming a musical poetic piece about environment, to the countryside of China, following the work of three traveling projectionists; (Electric Shadows) via Senegal capturing the initiation ceremony of a young Diola (Sikambano, The Sons of The Sacred Woods); the entire United States, filming a family road movie during the Democratic Primaries (Closer To The Dream); Italy and Portugal for a series of portraits of Europeans, and of course Paris (where he is originally from) filming a personal story about the exile of the Algerian Jews "Another Life". Since 2016 he has embarked his most ambitious project a multi-media endeavor and interactive web documentary entitled "Life Underground", about metro riders in the subways of the world and their intimate stories and thoughts. Life Underground was nominated for best short series at the 2018 at IDA Awards.
Known For
An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991).
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Wide Angle was an American documentary television series produced by Thirteen/WNET New York for broadcast on PBS and for worldwide distribution. The weekly one-hour series covered international current affairs and was last hosted by veteran journalist Aaron Brown. Wide Angle began broadcasting on PBS in 2002, and aimed to expand the awareness and understanding of Americans about the changing world in which they live. It was the only documentary series on American television devoted exclusively to reporting in-depth on international issues.Following its final season it was nominated for a 2010 International Documentary Association Continuing Series award.
Wide Angle
Narrated by Academy Award winners Sissy Spacek and Herbie Hancock, River of Gold is the disturbing account of a clandestine journey into Peru's Amazon rainforest to uncover the savage unraveling of pristine jungle. What will be the fate of this critical region of priceless biodiversity as these extraordinarily beautiful forests are turned into a hellish wasteland?
River of Gold
Beautiful documentary about a community who refuse to abandon the cathedral of Port-au-Prince, Haiti after the earthquake in Haiti. "An outlook on the reconstruction of the country and of the Haitian soul."
Broken Stones
Two Aboriginal elders set out to save their community from cultural extinction. Combining traditional knowledge and contemporary scientific expertise, they created an economic impetus for younger Aborigines to return to their ancestor's lands.
The Dreamers of Arnhem Land
Room To Breathe is a surprising story of transformation as struggling kids in a San Francisco public middle school are introduced to the practice of mindfulness meditation.
Room to Breathe
Winter 2008: An unrelenting roar has been mounting for several months in America, resonating all the way to Paris, where African-American expatriate filmmaker, Guetty Felin has been living a self-imposed exile for the last 20 years. Unable to resist the seething political atmosphere back home, she embarks French husband, Hervé Cohen (co-director) and their two sons 15 year-old Yeelen and Joakim 11, on a journey to bear witness to the historical grassroots movement that is uniting Americans across party and racial lines.
Closer to the Dream
A magical fable weaves together the lives of three different people in Haiti five years after a devastating earthquake.