Danny Cohen (cinematographer)

{{Short description|English cinematographer}}

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| years_active = 1994–present

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Daniel Cohen (born 1963) is an English cinematographer{{Cite web|url=http://www.dannycohendp.com/|title=DANNY COHEN BSC - CINEMATOGRAPHER|website=www.dannycohendp.com|access-date=2019-03-09}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.cinematographers.nl/PaginasDoPh/cohen.htm|title=DANNY COHEN|website=www.cinematographers.nl|access-date=2019-03-09}}, known for many British film and television productions.{{Cite web|url=https://www.moviemaker.com/archives/interviews/danny-cohen-the-program-room-danish-girl/|title=Shot for Shot: DP Danny Cohen Discusses Three Key Scenes from The Program, Room and The Danish Girl|date=2016-03-18|website=MovieMaker Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-09}}

He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for The King's Speech,{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12540386|title=What is a cinematographer?|date=25 February 2011|work=BBC News|accessdate=31 May 2012 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.thecinematographer.info/articles/45-danny-cohen-the-kings-speech.html

|title=Danny Cohen BSC on The King's Speech|date=|work=British Cinematographer|accessdate=31 May 2012 }}{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-dec-07-la-en-lights-king-20101207-story.html|title=Lights, Cameras … Cinematographer Danny Cohen on 'The King's Speech'|date=7 December 2010|newspaper=LA Times|access-date=31 May 2012 }} the BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography for Les Miserables, and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series for John Adams.

Filmography

=Short film=

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Year

! Title

! Director

! Notes

1998

| The Snatching of Bookie Bob

| John Sharian

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1999

| Wiper

| Marc Charach

|

2001

| My Other Wheelchair Is a Porsche

| Ravi Kumar

|

rowspan=2|2002

| About Time 2

| Mike Figgis

| Segment of Ten Minutes Older: The Cello

My Wrongs 8245–8249 & 117

| Chris Morris

|

2004

| Old Street

| Angus Jackson

|

2005

| Rob of the Rovers

| Ashley Horner

|

2006

| Scummy Man

| Paul Fraser

|

2011

| Jess//Jim

| Luke Snellin

|

=Feature film=

=Television=

TV movies

class="wikitable"
Year

! Title

! Director

2001

| Baited Breath

| Jon Wilson

2002

| Daddy's Girl

| Bill Eagles

rowspan=2|2006

| Longford

| Tom Hooper

Born Equal

| Dominic Savage

rowspan=4|2007

| Coming Down the Mountain

| Julie Anne Robinson

Joe's Palace

|rowspan=3|Stephen Poliakoff

A Real Summer
Capturing Mary
2008

| Poppy Shakespeare

| Benjamin Ross

2010

| Dive

| Dominic Savage

2019

| Brexit: The Uncivil War

| Toby Haynes

Documentary film

class="wikitable"
Year

! Title

! Director

! Notes

2008

| Portraits of a Lady

| Neil Leifer

| With Peter Franchella and Howie Leifer

TV series

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Year

! Title

! Director

! Notes

1999-2001

| Shockers

| David Blair
Bharat Nalluri

| Episodes "Ibiza - £99 Return" and "Cyclops"

2003

| The Book Group

| Annie Griffin

| Season 2

rowspan=2|2005

| Nathan Barley

| Chris Morris

| All 6 episodes

Murder in Suburbia

| Roger Goldby

| 2 episodes

2012

| The Hollow Crown

| Rupert Goold

| Episode "Richard II"

2022-2024

| Slow Horses

| James Hawes
Saul Metzstein
Adam Randall

| Series 1, 3 and 4

Miniseries

class="wikitable"
Year

! Title

! Director

! Notes

2002

| Menace

| Bill Eagles

|

2008

| John Adams

| Tom Hooper

| Episodes "Don't Tread on Me" and "Reunion" (With Tak Fujimoto)

2010

| This Is England '86

| Tom Harper
Shane Meadows

| 2 episodes

2011

| This Is England '88

| Shane Meadows

|

2018

| A Very English Scandal

| Stephen Frears

|

2023

| The Gallows Pole

| Shane Meadows

|

Awards and nominations

Academy Awards

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Year

! Title

! Category

! Result

2010

| The King's Speech

| Best Cinematography

| {{nom}}

BAFTA Awards

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Year

! Title

! Category

! Result

2010

| The King's Speech

|rowspan=2|Best Cinematography

| {{nom}}

2012

| Les Misérables

| {{nom}}

American Society of Cinematographers

class="wikitable"
Year

! Title

! Category

! Result

2010

| The King's Speech

|rowspan=2|Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

| {{nom}}

2012

| Les Misérables

| {{nom}}

Emmy Awards

class="wikitable"
Year

! Title

! Category

! Result

2008

| John Adams

| Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series (For episode "Don't Tread on Me")

| {{nom}}

References

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