Bonni Cohen
Directing
Bonni Cohen is an American documentary film producer and director. She is the co-founder of Actual Films and has produced and directed an array of award-winning films. Most recently, she produced the Oscar-nominated film Lead Me Home, which premiered at the 2021 Telluride Film Festival and is a Netflix Original. She also recently co-directed Athlete A, which won an Emmy for Outstanding Investigative Documentary and received four nominations from the Critics’ Choice Awards. She is the co-founder of Actual Films, the production company of the documentaries An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, Audrie & Daisy, 3.5 Minutes, The Island President, Lost Boys of Sudan and The Rape of Europa. Cohen is the co-founder of the Catapult Film Fund.
Known for
Directing13
movieIn Waves and War
2024
Director
movieThe White House Effect
2024
Director
movieAthlete A
2020
Director
movieAudrie & Daisy
2016
Director
movieThe Rape of Europa
2007
Director
tvExplorer
1985
Director
Production31
Art and Science Collide
2025
Executive Producer
movieVivien’s Wild Ride
2025
Executive Producer
movieMercedes
2025
Executive Producer
movieIn Waves and War
2024
Producer
movieThe White House Effect
2024
Producer
movieNight of Nights
2024
Executive Producer
movieOne with the Whale
2023
Executive Producer
movieLIFT
2023
Executive Producer
tvVoices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever
2023
Executive Producer
Surf Nation
2022
Executive Producer
movieLead Me Home
2021
Producer
Just Breathe
2019
Executive Producer
movieCooked: Survival by Zip Code
2019
Consulting Producer
movieThe Seer and the Unseen
2019
Executive Producer
movieLife Overtakes Me
2019
Executive Producer
movieWhen God Sleeps
2017
Executive Producer
movieAudrie & Daisy
2016
Producer
movieExtremis
2016
Executive Producer
movie3 ½ Minutes, 10 Bullets
2015
Executive Producer
movieArt and Craft
2014
Executive Producer
movieThe Last Season
2014
Consulting Producer
Wonders Are Many: The Making of Doctor Atomic
2013
Producer
movieAmerican Jerusalem: Jews and the Making of San Francisco
2013
Executive Producer
movieThe Island President
2012
Producer
movieThe Rape of Europa
2007
Producer, Executive Producer
movieOpen Outcry
2001
Producer
tvExplorer
1985
Producer
Writing2
tvExplorer
1985
Writer