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Hervé Cohen

Known for

Cinematography

Birthplace

Paris, Ile-de-France, France

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...

Best known work

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

2019
Haiti My Love

Haiti My Love

2016
Wide Angle

Wide Angle

2002
Broken Stones

Broken Stones

2012
Closer to the Dream

Closer to the Dream

River of Gold

River of Gold

2016
The Dreamers of Arnhem Land

The Dreamers of Arnhem Land

Room to Breathe

Room to Breathe

2012

Filmography

  1. TBA

    Closer to the Dream

    Director

  2. TBA

  3. 2019

    Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

    Director of Photography

  4. 2016

    Haiti My Love

    Cinematography, Producer

  5. 2016

    River of Gold

    Cinematography, Editor

  6. 2012

    Broken Stones

    Director of Photography

  7. 2012

    Room to Breathe

    Cinematography

  8. 2002

    Wide AngleTV

    Cinematography

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