Rob Cohen
Directing
Rob Cohen (born March 12, 1949) is an American film director, writer and producer. He is best known for directing the first Fast and the Furious installment (2001), as well as the action films xXx (2002) and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emporer (2008). He's a graduate in Anthropology and Visual Studies from Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and while working as a reader for Universal in the early-1970s discovered the screenplay for what would become The Sting (1973).
Known for
Directing30
movieThe Hurricane Heist
2018
Director
tvSpeechless
2016
Director
movieThe Boy Next Door
2015
Director
tvblack-ish
2014
Director
movieAlex Cross
2012
Director
movieStealth
2005
Director
moviexXx
2002
Director
movieThe Skulls
2000
Director
movieThe Rat Pack
1998
Director
movieDaylight
1996
Director
movieDragonHeart
1996
Director
tvThe Antagonists
1991
Director
Eddie Dodd
1991
Director
movieThe Hard Way
1991
Second Unit Director
movieBird on a Wire
1990
Second Unit Director
tvNasty Boys
1990
Director
movieThe Serpent and the Rainbow
1988
Second Unit Director
tvthirtysomething
1987
Director
tvHooperman
1987
Director
tvA Year in the Life
1987
Director
tvPrivate Eye
1987
Director
movieThe Legend of Billie Jean
1985
Second Unit Director
tvMiami Vice
1984
Director
movieScandalous
1984
Director
Speedhunters
Director
Production22
movieGhoul
2015
Executive Producer
moviexXx: State of the Union
2005
Executive Producer
tvVanishing Son
1994
Executive Producer
movieKnight Rider 2010
1994
Executive Producer
movieMood Indigo
1993
Executive Producer
movieThe Hard Way
1991
Producer
movieBird on a Wire
1990
Producer
movieDisorganized Crime
1989
Executive Producer
movieThe Serpent and the Rainbow
1988
Executive Producer
movieThe Running Man
1987
Executive Producer
movieThe Monster Squad
1987
Executive Producer
movieThe Witches of Eastwick
1987
Executive Producer
movieLight of Day
1987
Producer
movieThe Razor's Edge
1984
Executive Producer
movieAmateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill
1979
Executive Producer
movieThe Wiz
1978
Producer
movieThank God It's Friday
1978
Producer
movieAlmost Summer
1978
Producer
movieScott Joplin
1977
Executive Producer
movieMahogany
1975
Producer
Acting13
movieMichael Jackson: Man In The Mirror
2017
Self - Executive VP, Motown Records
moviexXx
2002
Columbian Horseman (uncredited)
movieThe Fast and the Furious
2001
Pizza Hut Delivery Guy (uncredited)
movieThe Skulls
2000
College Lecturer (uncredited)
movieFlash Gordon: Marooned on Mongo
1996
Additional Voices (voice)
movieVanishing Son IV
1994
Teacher Benton
tvVanishing Son
1994
Teacher Beaton / Teacher Benton
movieDragon: The Bruce Lee Story
1993
Enter The Dragon Director
Writing6
movieRitual
2002
Screenplay
movieVanishing Son
1994
Writer
movieDragon: The Bruce Lee Story
1993
Screenplay
movieScandalous
1984
Story, Screenplay
Creator1
tvVanishing Son
1994
Creator