Jem Cohen
Directing • AGE 64
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 collaboratio...
Filmography
Little, Big, and Far
Director
2026
Robert and June (and All the Time in the World)
Director
2025
Aerie
Director
2024
Ballad of Philip Guston
Director
2022
Opened Ending
Director
2020
Makeshift (for Mekas)
Cinematography
2019
Vox Populi
Director
2018
NYC Weights and Measures
Director
2018
This Climate
Director
2018
Birth of a Nation
Director
2017
World Without End (No Reported Incidents)
Director
2016
Bury Me Not
Director
2016
On Essex Road
Director
2016
Counting
Sound Designer
2015
The Film That Buys the Cinema
Director
2014
Helianthus Corner Blues
Director
2013
Museum Hours
Director
2012
20 Little Films
Director
2012
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street
Director
2011
Real Birds
Director
2011
Crossing Paths with Luce Vigo
Director
2010
Long for the City (Patti Smith in New York)
Director
2009
Night Scene New York
Director
2009
The Passage Clock: For Walter Benjamin
Director
2008
Evening's Civil Twilight in Empires of Tin
Director
2008
free
Director
2007
Spirit (Smells Like Teen Spirit)
Director
2007
Blessed are the Dreams of Men
Director
2006
Chain
Writer
2004
R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)
Director
2003
The Foxx and Little Vic
Director
2002
Nice Evening, Transmission Down
Director
2001
Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse
Director
2001
Benjamin Smoke
Director
2000
Instrument
Director
1999
Amber City
Director
1999
Lucky Three: An Elliott Smith Portrait
Director
1997
Lost Book Found
Director
1996
Nightswimming
Director
1995
Buried in Light
Director
1994
Drink Deep
Director
1991
Just Hold Still
Director
1989
4:44 (from her house home)
Narrator
1989
Glueman
Director
1989
Matewan
Assistant Property Master
1987
This Is a History of New York
Director
1987
At Close Range
Assistant Property Master
1986