Bobby Cohen Biography

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BOBBY COHEN (Executive Producer) serves as the president of Red Wagon Entertainment, combining a filmmaker's sensibility with an executive's eye for detail as he oversees Red Wagon's wide-ranging slate of projects from pre-production through their release.

Cohen served as executive producer on Nora Ephron's Bewitched, starring Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell, which is currently enjoying a successful run in theaters. Following are two highly anticipated films helmed by former Academy Award winners for which Cohen has also executive produced: Sam Mendes' Jarhead and Rob Marshall's big screen treatment of Arthur Golden's popular novel, Memoirs of a Geisha starring Ziyi Zhang in the title role, with Michelle Yeoh, Gong Li and Ken Watanabe. The film will arrive in theaters December 9, 2005.

Cohen is currently overseeing Barry Sonnenfeld's comedy RV, starring Robin Williams as a man who takes his dysfunctional family for a road trip to the Colorado Rockies, where they encounter a bizarre community of campers. The Sony Pictures release also stars Cheryl Hines, Jeff Daniels and Kristen Chenoweth.

Prior to joining Red Wagon, Cohen co-produced Don Roos' Happy Endings.

Currently in theaters, the Lions Gate release stars an ensemble cast including Lisa Kudrow, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Steve Coogan, Tom Arnold, Bobby Cannavale, Jason Ritter and Jesse Bradford. The film was the Opening Night selection at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.

In 1999, Cohen founded Cohen Pictures, which had a multipicture deal at Miramax. During that time, Cohen produced the comedy View From the Top, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Christina Applegate, Candice Bergen, Kelly Preston, Mark Ruffalo, and Mike Myers. He also was a co-producer on the romantic drama Bounce, starring Ben Affleck and Gwyneth Paltrow. He executive produced the romantic comedy Down to You, starring Freddie Prinze, Jr. and Julia Stiles and Lasse Hallström's The Cider House Rules, starring Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Paul Rudd and Michael Caine. The film took home Academy Awards® for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor (for Caine).

Previously, Cohen was the senior vice-president of production at Miramax Films. During his tenure at Miramax, Cohen served as executive producer on Rounders, starring Matt Damon and Edward Norton, and 54, starring Mike Myers, Neve Campbell and Salma Hayek. In addition, he was the executive on many other films including Clerks, Wide Awake, Smoke, The Pallbearer, Scream and Beautiful Girls.

Cohen began his career at The Writers and Artists Agency in New York. He currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Katie, and children, Jack and Molly.