Bobby Cohen is an American

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producer whose credits include ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Life and career

Bobby Cohen was born on February 8, 1970, in

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state. Cohen's parents are both attorneys. After graduating from

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High School in 1988, Cohen attended and received a degree from

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. Cohen worked as an assistant at the Writers & Artists Agency. At the age of 23, Cohen joined

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where he worked his way up to Senior VP of Production. During that time, he contributed to movies like ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Beautiful Girls''. His first producing credit was for ''54'', which was mildly received. Cohen produced several other movies for Miramax before leaving in 2003. After Miramax, Cohen started his own production company, Cohen Productions. Cohen's company produced the

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movie, ''

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''. Following that, Cohen became president of Red Wagon Productions, where he was executive producer on such projects as '' Jarhead'' and ''

''. After leaving Red Wagon, Cohen went on to produce such films as ''

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'' for

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and '' Revolutionary Road'' for DreamWorks.

Filmography

Executive producer * '' 54'' (1998) * ''

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'' (1998) * ''

'' (1999) * '' Down to You'' (2000) * ''

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'' (2005) * '' Jarhead'' (2005) * ''

'' (2005) * '' RV'' (2006) * ''

'' (2008) * ''

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'' (2011) * ''

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'' (TBA) * ''Tokyo Suckerpunch'' (TBA) Producer * '' Bounce'' (2000) (Co-producer) * ''

'' (2003) * ''

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'' (2005) (Co-producer) * '' Revolutionary Road'' (2008) * '' People Like Us'' (2012) * '' Now You See Me'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2016) * '' Don't Let Go'' (2019) * '' Now You See Me: Now You Don't'' (2025) Production manager * '' Since You've Been Gone'' (1998) (TV movie)

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* 1970 births Living people Filmmakers from New York (state) Film producers from New York (state) New York University alumni People from Cold Spring Harbor, New York {{US-film-producer-stub