Jem Cohen
Born in Afghanistan, Jem Cohen is an American experimental filmmaker and photographer, especially known for his observational portraits of urban landscapes, blending of media formats, and collaborations with musicians. Cohen has worked extensively with musicians including Patti Smith, Fugazi, Terry Riley, R.E.M., Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Xylouris White, DJ Rupture, the Ex, Elliott Smith, Vic Chesnutt, Mary Margaret O’Hara, Matana Roberts, Jessica Moss, Jonathan Richman, T.Griffin/Catherine McRae, White Magic, and the Orpheus Orchestra with Gil Shaham, and has collaborated with writers Luc Sante and Sam Stephenson, and graphic artist Ben Katchor.
Counting
(Sound Designer)
Instrument
(Director)
Matewan
(Assistant Property Master)
Benjamin Smoke
(Director)
Museum Hours
(Screenplay)
Museum Hours
(Director)
Lucky Three: An Elliott Smith Portrait
(Director)
Little Flags
(Director)
Amber City
(Director)
Or Nothing (The Double)
(Director)
Ballad of Philip Guston
(Director)
Chain
(Writer)
Chain
(Director)
Lost Book Found
(Director)
Drink Deep
(Director)
Museum
(Director)
Anne Truitt, Working
(Director)
Lucky Three: An Elliott Smith Portrait
(Camera Operator)
Instrument
(Director of Photography)
Evening's Civil Twilight in Empires of Tin
(Director)
Buried in Light
(Director)
Building a Broken Mousetrap
(Director)
Blessed are the Dreams of Men
(Director)
This Is a History of New York
(Director)
Black Hole Radio
(Editor)
Black Hole Radio
(Director)
Black Hole Radio
(Sound Editor)
Museum Hours
(Director of Photography)
Just Hold Still
(Director)
The Film That Buys the Cinema
(Director)
Counting
(Director)
Blood Orange Sky
(Director)
NYC Weights and Measures
(Director)
Makeshift (for Mekas)
(Editor)
Makeshift (for Mekas)
(Cinematography)
Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse
(Director)
4:44 (from her house home)
(Director)
Le bled (Buildings in a Field)
(Director)
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street
(Director)
Lucky Three: An Elliott Smith Portrait
(Editor)
Lucky Three: An Elliott Smith Portrait
(Producer)
Helianthus Corner Blues
(Director)
Spirit (Smells Like Teen Spirit)
(Director)
Instrument
(Editor)
Evening's Civil Twilight in Empires of Tin
(Editor)
Evening's Civil Twilight in Empires of Tin
(Producer)
Evening's Civil Twilight in Empires of Tin
(Cinematography)
20 Little Films
(Director)
At Close Range
(Assistant Property Master)
World Without End (No Reported Incidents)
(Director)
Bury Me Not
(Director)
Crossing Paths with Luce Vigo
(Director)
Birth of a Nation
(Director)
The Foxx and Little Vic
(Director)
R.E.M. - This Film Is On
(Director)
R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)
(Director)
Peter Hutton
(Director)
Night Scene New York
(Director)
Sketches for Late City Final
(Director)
This Climate
(Director)
Light Years
(Director)
On Essex Road
(Director)
Long for the City (Patti Smith in New York)
(Director)
Little, Big, and Far
(Director)
Chain
(Editor)
Chain
(Producer)
Glueman
(Director)
Counting
(Cinematography)
Counting
(Producer)
Counting
(Editor)
Makeshift (for Mekas)
(Director)
free
(Director)
Nightswimming
(Director)
Museum Hours
(Editor)
Museum Hours
(Sound Designer)
Museum Hours
(Producer)
Half The Battle
(Director)
Chinatown Film Project
(Director)
Robert and June (Cape Breton and NYC)
(Director)
June Leaf
(Director)
We Have an Anchor
(Director)
Gravity Hill Newsreels-Bella ciao
(Director)
MARC RIBOT FEAT. TOM WAITS – Bella Ciao (Goodbye Beautiful)
(Director)
MARC RIBOT FEAT. TOM WAITS – Bella Ciao (Goodbye Beautiful)
(Director of Photography)
MARC RIBOT FEAT. TOM WAITS – Bella Ciao (Goodbye Beautiful)
(Editor)
Little, Big, and Far
(Writer)
Little, Big, and Far
(Producer)
Little, Big, and Far
(Director of Photography)
Little, Big, and Far
(Editor)
Little, Big, and Far
(Sound)
The Passage Clock: For Walter Benjamin
(Director)
Nice Evening, Transmission Down
(Director)
Vox Populi
(Director)
Opened Ending
(Director)
Tree Song
(Director)
Aerie
(Director)
Chain
(Director of Photography)
Films For Freedom
(Director)
Real Birds
(Director)