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Bonni Cohen

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Bonni Cohen

EN, ZH, DE cinema · 36 credits

Born

1 January 1975 (age 51)

Also known as Бонни Коэн

Bonni Cohen is an American documentary film producer and director. She is the co-founder of Actual Films and has produced and directed an array of award-winning films. Most recently, she produced the Oscar-nominated film Lead Me Home, which premiered at the 2021 Telluride Film Festival and is a Netflix Original. She also recently co-directed Athlete A, which won an Emmy for Outstanding Investigative Documentary and received four nominations from the Critics’ Choice Awards. She is the co-founder of Actual Films, the production company of the documentaries An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, Audrie & Daisy, 3.5 Minutes, The Island President, Lost Boys of Sudan and The Rape of Europa. Cohen is the co-founder of the Catapult Film Fund.

Known for

Filmography

Untitled Gilmore Girls Documentary

Untitled Gilmore Girls Documentary

ENNot rated

Director, Producer

Postmortem poster

Postmortem

ENNot rated

Executive Producer

The Coral Rescuers

2026

The Coral Rescuers

EN · 2026Not rated

Executive Producer

Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore poster

Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore

EN · 20257.3

Producer

Mercedes poster

Mercedes

EN · 2025Not rated

Executive Producer

Art and Science Collide

2025

Art and Science Collide

EN · 2025Not rated

Executive Producer

Vivien’s Wild Ride poster

Vivien’s Wild Ride

EN · 20258.0

Executive Producer

In Waves and War poster

In Waves and War

EN · 20246.8

Director, Producer

The White House Effect poster

The White House Effect

EN · 20246.0

Director, Producer

Night of Nights poster

Night of Nights

ZH · 2024Not rated

Executive Producer

One with the Whale poster

One with the Whale

EN · 2023Not rated

Executive Producer

LIFT poster

LIFT

EN · 20236.0

Executive Producer

Make a Splash

2022

Make a Splash

EN · 2022Not rated

Director

Surf Nation

2022

Surf Nation

EN · 2022Not rated

Executive Producer

Lead Me Home poster

Lead Me Home

EN · 20216.3

Producer

Athlete A poster

Athlete A

EN · 20207.5

Director

The Seer and the Unseen poster

The Seer and the Unseen

EN · 20197.7

Executive Producer

Life Overtakes Me poster

Life Overtakes Me

EN · 20196.5

Executive Producer

Just Breathe

2019

Just Breathe

EN · 2019Not rated

Director, Executive Producer

Cooked: Survival by Zip Code poster

Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

EN · 20197.5

Consulting Producer

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power poster

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

EN · 20176.6

Director

Truth in Ten

2017

Truth in Ten

EN · 2017Not rated

Director

When God Sleeps poster

When God Sleeps

DE · 20176.0

Executive Producer

Audrie & Daisy poster

Audrie & Daisy

EN · 20167.1

Director, Producer

Extremis poster

Extremis

EN · 20166.9

Executive Producer

3 ½ Minutes, 10 Bullets poster

3 ½ Minutes, 10 Bullets

EN · 20157.3

Executive Producer

Art and Craft poster

Art and Craft

EN · 20147.1

Executive Producer

The Last Season poster

The Last Season

EN · 20146.6

Consulting Producer

American Jerusalem: Jews and the Making of San Francisco poster

American Jerusalem: Jews and the Making of San Francisco

EN · 2013Not rated

Executive Producer

Wonders Are Many: The Making of Doctor Atomic

2013

Wonders Are Many: The Making of Doctor Atomic

EN · 20130.5

Producer

The Island President poster

The Island President

EN · 20126.1

Producer

The Rape of Europa poster

The Rape of Europa

EN · 20077.3

Director, Writer, Producer, Executive Producer

Open Outcry poster

Open Outcry

EN · 2001Not rated

Producer

They Drew Fire

2000

They Drew Fire

EN · 2000Not rated

Producer

Kofi Annan: Eye of the Storm poster

Kofi Annan: Eye of the Storm

EN · 19988.0

Director, Producer

Meet Me in Miami Beach

1994

Meet Me in Miami Beach

EN · 1994Not rated

Director, Editor, Producer