Arthur Cohn
| Arthur Cohn | |
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 Arthur Cohn in Basel | |
| Born |
February 4, 1927 Basel, Switzerland |
| Occupation | film producer |
Arthur Cohn (born February 4, 1927 in Basel, Switzerland) is a film producer.[1]
Six of his films have won the Academy Award,[2] and he was awarded the Guardian of Zion Award in 2004. One of the awards was for French film Black and White in Color (1976) as producer. For decades he worked hand in hand with Lilian Birnbaum (Paris) and Pierre Rothschild (Zurich).
His best-known non-documentary film is Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini (1970, directed by Vittorio De Sica). His most recent film as producer is The Yellow Handkerchief (2008). He also produced films by Kevin Macdonald (One Day in September) and Walter Salles (Central do Brasil, Abril Despedaçado).
Filmography
| Year | Film | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Sky Above and Mud Beneath (Le Ciel et la Boue) | Academy Award Winner for Best Documentary Feature |
| 1964 | Paris Secret | Documentary Feature |
| 1967 | Woman Times Seven | starring Shirley MacLaine and Peter Sellers |
| 1968 | A Place for Lovers (Amanti) | starring Faye Dunaway and Marcello Mastroianni |
| 1970 | Sunflower (I Girasoli) | starring Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni |
| The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini) | Academy Award Winner for Best Foreign Language Film | |
| 1972 | We'll Call Him Andrew (Lo chiameremo Andrea) | starring Nino Manfredi |
| 1973 | A Brief Vacation (Una breve vacanza) | David di Donatello Award Winner |
| 1976 | Black and White in Color (Noir et Blanc en Couleur) | Academy Award Winner for Best Foreign Language Film |
| 1979 | Adoption (L'adoption) | starring Geraldine Chaplin |
| 1981 | The Yellow Star – The Persecution of the Jews in Europe 1933-45 (Der Gelbe Stern) | Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary Feature |
| 1984 | Love on the Ground (L'Amour par Terre) | starring Jane Birkin and Geraldine Chaplin |
| Dangerous Moves (La Diagonale du Fou) | Academy Award Winner for Best Foreign Language Film | |
| 1990 | American Dream | Academy Award Winner for Best Documentary Feature |
| 1991 | November Days | Documentary Feature |
| 1995 | Two Bits | starring Al Pacino |
| 1997 | White Lies | starring Rosanna Arquette and Harvey Fierstein |
| 1998 | Central Station (Central do Brasil) | Academy Award Nominee and Golden Globe Winner for Best Foreign Language Film |
| 1999 | Children of the Night | Documentary Short with rare footage of Children in the Holocaust |
| One Day in September | Academy Award Winner for Best Documentary Feature | |
| 2001 | Behind the Sun (Abril Despedaçado) | Golden Globe Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film |
| 2004 | The Chorus (Les Choristes) | Academy Award Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film and for Best Music |
| 2008 | The Yellow Handkerchief | starring William Hurt, Maria Bello and Kristen Stewart |
| The Children of Huang Shi | starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Radha Mitchell and Chow Yun-Fat | |
| 2009 | Feathered Fan and Silken Ribbon | Documentary Feature |
| 2012 | Russian Disco (Russendisko) | based on Wladimir Kaminer's acclaimed book |
References
External links
- Publications by and about Arthur Cohn in the catalogue Helveticat of the Swiss National Library
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