Tani L. Cohen
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Tani L. Cohen is a American film producer.
[edit] Production credits
- The HBO feature documentary Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater, about Barry Goldwater. The critically acclaimed film premiered on HBO in September of 2006. Cohen produced it with Goldwater’s granddaughter, CC Goldwater.
- The feature film, “The Dust Factory”, starring Hayden Panettiere, Armin Mueller-Stahl and Ryan Kelley. The film was released through MGM in 2005.
- Consulting producer on the independent film, “Living 'til the End,” which made its premiere at the Hamptons International Film Festival in October 2004.
- “The Souler Opposite,” starring Christopher Meloni, which was featured at the AFI Film Festival
- Co-produced “How to Kill Your Neighbor’s Dog,” starring Robin Wright Penn and Kenneth Branagh, which screened at the Toronto International Film Festival.
- Co-produced “Replicant,” starring Jean Claude Van Damme
- Co-produced “Forever Lulu,” starring Melanie Griffith and Patrick Swayze.
- Producer of “Septuplets” and “An American Town” starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas for 20th Century Fox Television.
Cohen started her career running Brian de Palma’s Fetch Productions. The feature films “Scarface” and “Body Double” were produced during her tenure there.
[edit] Honors
Many festivals have recognized Cohen’s work as an independent film producer. Three of her projects have screened in competition at the Sundance Film Festival – Inside Monkey Zetterland, starring Patricia Arquette, Sofia Coppola, Rupert Everett, Ricki Lake, Martha Plimpton, Katherine Helmond, Sandra Bernhard, “Egg Salad,” starring Helen Shaver, and “Guinevere,” starring Stephen Rea and Sarah Polley.
Cohen received an Emmy nomination for executive producing the Showtime Original Feature “Snow In August,” starring Stephen Rea and Lolita Davidovich which was nominated for two additional Daytime Emmy Awards, including Best Director and Actor.
