Jem Cohen

Birthday: 1962-01-01
Birthplace: Kabul, Afghanistan
Gender: Male

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.

Credits

Year Title
Gravity Hill Newsreels-Bella ciao
2024-10-01 Little, Big, and Far
2024-01-01 Robert and June (Cape Breton and NYC)
2024-01-01 June Leaf
2022-10-29 Ballad of Philip Guston
2022-10-29 Or Nothing (The Double)
2019-05-25 Makeshift (for Mekas)
2018-10-12 MARC RIBOT FEAT. TOM WAITS – Bella Ciao (Goodbye Beautiful)
2018-09-21 NYC Weights and Measures
2018-04-07 This Climate
2017-02-20 Birth of a Nation
2016-10-31 World Without End (No Reported Incidents)
2016-01-01 Bury Me Not
2016-01-01 Peter Hutton
2016-01-01 On Essex Road
2015-07-31 Counting
2015-01-01 We Have an Anchor
2014-10-14 The Film That Buys the Cinema
2013-01-01 Helianthus Corner Blues
2012-08-08 Museum Hours
2012-02-13 20 Little Films
2011-09-15 Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street
2010-01-15 Anne Truitt, Working
2010-01-01 Crossing Paths with Luce Vigo
2010-01-01 Roscoe Holcomb from Daisy, Kentucky
2009-07-01 Chinatown Film Project
2009-05-04 Long for the City (Patti Smith in New York)
2009-01-01 Le bled (Buildings in a Field)
2009-01-01 Night Scene New York
2008-03-21 Evening's Civil Twilight in Empires of Tin
2008-01-01 Half The Battle
2007-10-19 A Tale of Two Cities
2007-05-25 free
2007-04-27 Spirit (Smells Like Teen Spirit)
2006-03-21 Building a Broken Mousetrap
2006-03-21 Blessed Are the Dreams of Men
2004-08-22 Chain
2003-10-23 R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)
2002-11-19 The Foxx and Little Vic
2001-10-26 Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse
2000-09-13 Benjamin Smoke
2000-08-12 Little Flags
1999-03-01 Instrument
1999-01-01 Amber City
1999-01-01 Blood Orange Sky
1997-07-08 Lucky Three: An Elliott Smith Portrait
1997-06-27 Museum
1996-06-11 Lost Book Found
1995-02-01 Nightswimming
1994-03-21 Buried in Light
1992-09-26 Black Hole Radio
1991-09-24 R.E.M. - This Film Is On
1991-09-19 Drink Deep
1991-01-01 Sketches for Late City Final
1989-03-21 Just Hold Still
1989-01-01 4:44 (from her house home)
1989-01-01 Light Years
1989-01-01 Glueman
1987-03-21 This Is a History of New York