Jem Cohen
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Directing · Born 1962-01-01 · age 64 · Kabul, Afghanistan
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.
Titles
At Close Range
Matewan
Museum Hours
Instrument
Lucky Three: An Elliott Smith Portrait
Chain
Counting
Benjamin Smoke
Lost Book Found
Amber City
Drink Deep
Just Hold Still
Anne Truitt, Working
This Is a History of New York
World Without End (No Reported Incidents)
Buried in Light
R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)
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Little Flags
Ballad of Philip Guston
Black Hole Radio
Blood Orange Sky
Makeshift (for Mekas)
Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse
R.E.M. - This Film Is On
Little, Big, and Far
Glueman
Half The Battle
Blessed are the Dreams of Men
Evening's Civil Twilight in Empires of Tin
The Film That Buys the Cinema
NYC Weights and Measures
4:44 (from her house home)
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street
Helianthus Corner Blues
Spirit (Smells Like Teen Spirit)
20 Little Films
Crossing Paths with Luce Vigo
Bury Me Not
Birth of a Nation
The Foxx and Little Vic
Night Scene New York
This Climate
On Essex Road
Long for the City (Patti Smith in New York)
Nightswimming
The Passage Clock: For Walter Benjamin
Nice Evening, Transmission Down
Vox Populi
Opened Ending
Aerie
Real Birds
Robert and June (and All the Time in the World)