Jaffe Cohen (born 1962) is an American television writer and producer, most noted as a co-creator with Ryan Murphy and Michael Zam of the television series ''

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''.Nellie Andreeva
"‘Feud’ Co-Creators Michael Zam & Jaffe Cohen Sign With ICM Partners"
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'', June 12, 2017.

Career

Cohen first became prominent in the 1980s as a member of the comedy troupe

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, alongside Bob Smith and

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'', April 22, 1992. The trio toured for several years, performing a show that consisted of each member performing a solo standup comedy set, including an appearance at the 1991 Just for Laughs festival. They also collaborated on the 1995 comedy book ''Growing Up Gay: From Left Out to Coming Out'', which was a

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nominee in the humor category at the 8th Lambda Literary Awards. After the troupe went on hiatus in the late 1990s, he auditioned for the role of Simon in the 1997 film ''

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'', but was passed over for being "too gay" despite Simon being a gay character. He did, however, appear in the film in a smaller supporting role as a party guest. He also performed at the 1997 We're Funny That Way! comedy festival, with his set forming part of David Adkin's 1998 documentary film, and in the 1998 sketch comedy special ''

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''. He was one of the writers of the 1999 film ''

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'', which won the award for best screenplay at the 1999

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. Funny Gay Males briefly reunited in the mid-2000s, adding

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as a fourth member. Cohen subsequently became a professor of television and film writing at the

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Awards

As a co-producer and writer of ''Feud'', Cohen received a

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nomination for Best Long-Form Television at the 29th Producers Guild of America Awards, a

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nomination for Best Long Form Original Television at the 70th Writers Guild of America Awards, and

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nominations for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series and Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie at the

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.Alex Abad-Santos
"Emmy winners 2017: the complete list"
'' Vox'', September 18, 2017.

References

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