Jem Cohen

Jem Cohen

b. 1962 (age 64) Kabul, Afghanistan

Cinematographer Director

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.

Known For

Benjamin Smoke

Chain

Museum Hours

Counting

Filmography

Little, Big, and Far

Little, Big, and Far

2024 Director Writer

Makeshift (For Mekas)

Makeshift (For Mekas)

2019 Director Cinematographer

Birth of a Nation

This Is a History of New York

Chuck Will's Widow

World Without End (No Reported Incidents)

World Without End (No Reported Incidents)

2016 Director Writer Cinematographer

On Essex Road

2016 Director Writer Cinematographer

Counting

2015 Director Cinematographer

New York Night Scene

The Film That Buys the Cinema

The Film That Buys the Cinema

Gravity Hill Newsreel No. 5

Museum Hours

2012 Director Writer Cinematographer

We Have an Anchor

Gravity Hill Newsreel No. 9

Gravity Hill Newsreel No. 5 1/2

Gravity Hill Newsreel No. 10

Gravity Hill Newsreel No. 6 1/2

Gravity Hill Newsreel No. 7

Gravity Hill Newsreel No. 2

Gravity Hill Newsreel No. 1

Gravity Hill Newsreel No. 4

Gravity Hill Newsreel No. 3

Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then

Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then

2010 Cinematographer

Anne Truitt, Working

2010 Director Writer

Chinatown Film Project

Long for the City (Patti Smith in New York)

Long for the City (Patti Smith in New York)

Le bled (Buildings in a Field)

Anecdotal Evidence

Evening's Civil Twilight in Empires of Tin

Evening's Civil Twilight in Empires of Tin

2008 Director Writer Cinematographer

A Tale of two Cities

2007 Director Cinematographer

Building a Broken Mousetrap

2006 Director Writer Cinematographer

Blessed Are the Dreams of Men

2006 Director Writer Cinematographer

Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow

Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow

NYC Weights & Measures

2005 Director Writer Composer Cinematographer

Chain

2004 Director Writer Cinematographer

The Papp Project

2001 Cinematographer

New York (Southstreet Seaport/Staten Island Ferry)

2001 Director Cinematographer

Nice Evening, Transmission Down

Benjamin Smoke

2000 Director Writer Cinematographer

Instrument

1999 Director Cinematographer

Amber City

Blood Orange Sky

Lucky Three: An Elliott Smith Portrait

Museum: Visiting the Unknown Man

Lost Book Found

Lost Book Found

Black Hole Radio

Drink Deep

Just Hold Still

1989 Director Writer Composer

A Road in Florida

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