Jared Cohn

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| name = Jared Michael Cohn

| image = Jared Cohn (cropped).jpg

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| birth_place = New York City, New York

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| alma_mater = New York Institute of Technology

| other_names = {{unbulleted list|Jared Michaels|J. Cohn|Jared M. Cohn}}

| occupation = {{unbulleted list|Film actor |Television actor |Film director |Screenwriter|Film producer}}

| years_active = 2004–present

| known_for = {{unbulleted list|Buddy Hutchins|Atlantic Rim|Born Bad}}

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Jared Michael Cohn (also credited as Jared Michaels) is an American film director, screenwriter and actor, best known for directing Buddy Hitchens. He has also directed films for The Asylum, including Atlantic Rim and Born Bad.{{cite news|last1=staff|title=Jared Cohn|url=http://i1.wp.com/www.talentmonthly.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/18.jpg|accessdate=9 May 2015|pages=18, 19|publisher=Talent Monthly|date=1 April 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110632/http://i1.wp.com/www.talentmonthly.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/18.jpg|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.factpile.com/9180-jared-cohn-interview-director-of-atlantic-rim-aspiring-ninja/|title=Jared Cohn Interview: Director of Atlantic Rim & Aspiring Ninja|last1=staff|date=25 June 2013|publisher=Factpile|accessdate=9 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518102830/http://www.factpile.com/9180-jared-cohn-interview-director-of-atlantic-rim-aspiring-ninja/|archive-date=18 May 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last1=staff |title=Exclusive Interview: Jared Cohn Talks Buddy Hutchins |url=http://bggafterdark.biogamergirl.com/2015/02/exclusive-interview-jared-cohn-talks-buddy-hutchins.html |publisher=BGG After Dark |accessdate=9 May 2015 |date=4 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211151812/http://bggafterdark.biogamergirl.com/2015/02/exclusive-interview-jared-cohn-talks-buddy-hutchins.html |archivedate=11 February 2015 }}

Background

Cohn is a writer, director, producer and actor born in New York, and graduated from the New York Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in communication arts. His major was film production and post production. He is a photographer, editor and After Effects user, as well as a black belt in Shaolin Kempo Karate, a professional paintball player, and a certified scuba diver.{{cite web|last1=staff|title=Interview: Getting to know Jared Cohn|url=http://somethingyousaid.com/2013/08/29/getting-to-know-jared-cohn/|accessdate=9 May 2015|date=29 August 2013}} He and his body of work have received media coverage.{{cite web|last1=Barton|first1=Steve|title=Jared Cohn Archives – Dread Central|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/tag/jared-cohn/|publisher=Dread Central|accessdate=9 May 2015|date=8 April 2015}} He currently lives in Los Angeles, California.

Career

In 2011, Cohn wrote and directed Lifetime Channel's number one summer hit, Born Bad, a psychological thriller starring Meredith Monroe (Dawson’s Creek, Criminal Minds) and Michael Welch (the Twilight saga). In 2012, he premiered his first theatrical release, Hold Your Breath, which he directed. The same year he wrote and directed Bikini Spring Break, starring Robert Carradine (Revenge of the Nerds) and the horror-thriller 12/12/12.

In 2013, Cohn directed From the Sea (released as Atlantic Rim), starring Graham Greene (Dances with Wolves, Defiance) and David Chokachi (Witchblade, Baywatch). He also wrote and directed the women-in-prison drama Jailbait, and had a featured role in the independent horror-thriller, Feed the Devil{{cite news|last1=Barton|first1=Steve|title=Hungry? Why Not Feed the Devil a Trailer?|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/52833/hungry-why-not-feed-the-devil-a-trailer/|accessdate=9 May 2015|publisher=Dread Central|date=10 April 2014}} which was shot on 35mm film.

=Filmography=

==Actor==

Diary of an Affair (1 episode, 2004) as Andrew
Legion of the Dead (2005) as Petrie
Alien Abduction (2005) as Private Smalls
Way of the Vampire (2005) as Roman
Halloween Night (2006) as Daryll (as Jared Michaels)
Sea Me (2006) as Shawn (as Jared Michaels)
Blood Predator (2007) as Zak
The Third Summer (2007) as Bags
Teary Sockets (2008) as Bobby Tear
Plaguers (2008) as Riley (as Jared Michaels)
Real Fear (2008) as Johnathan (as Jared Michaels)
Tyler's Ride (5 episodes, 2008) as Vinnie (as Jared Michaels)
The Carpenter: Part 1 – And So They Die (2009) as Ted (as Jared Michaels)
Legend Has It (2009) as Ollie (as Jared Michaels)
Meaner Than Hell (2009) as Jakob 'Picaro Gonnoff' Baumberger (as Jared Michaels)
Revenants (2010) as Danny (as Jared Michaels)
Born Bad (2011) as Jaret
Underground Lizard People (2011) as Chip
Incident at Barstow (2011) as Griff (as Jared Michaels)
12/12/12 (2012) as Jared
MoreHorror in Hollywood (1 episode, 2012) as Himself
13/13/13 (2013) as Alex{{cite news|last1=Bug|first1=Ambush|title=AICN HORROR looks at 13/13/13 (2013)|url=http://www.aintitcool.com/node/65019#7|accessdate=9 May 2015|publisher=Ain't It Cool News|date=8 November 2013}}
Asabiyyah: A New Social Cohesion (2013) as Star
Atlantic Rim (2013) as Spitfire
EOTM Awards 2013 (2013) as Himself
The Coed and the Zombie Stoner (2014) as Stoned Zombie
P-51 Dragon Fighter (2014) as Lt. Gilman
Feed the Devil (2014) as Marcus{{cite news|last1=Foywonder|first1=The|title=Nourish Your Need to Feed the Devil by Watching this New Trailer|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/77405/feed-need-feed-devil-watching-new-trailer/|accessdate=9 May 2015|publisher=Dread Central|date=5 November 2014}}
Pernicious (2015) as Shane{{cite news|last1=Hallam|first1=Scott|title=Pernicious (2015)|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/95015/pernicious-2015/|accessdate=9 May 2015|publisher=Dread Central|date=30 March 2015}}
Hulk Blood Tapes (2015) as Himself
Wishing for a Dream (2015) as Louis Digman
Minutes to Midnight (2015) as Richie

==Director==

The Carpenter: Part 1 – And So They Die (2009) (and as screenwriter) (as Jared Michaels)
''Born Bad (2011) (and as writer)
Underground Lizard People (2011)
Bikini Spring Break (2012) (and as writer)
Hold Your Breath (2012){{cite news|last1=Miska|first1=Brad|title=Trailer For Asylum's '#HoldYourBreath'|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3160795/trailer-for-asylums-holdyourbreathin/|accessdate=9 May 2015|publisher=Bloody Disgusting|date=24 August 2012}}
12/12/12 (2012)
Atlantic Rim (2013){{cite news|last1=Katz|first1=David|title=From Asylum, the People Who Brought You (a Movie Kinda Sorta Like) Pacific Rim|url=https://www.gq.com/entertainment/movies-and-tv/201308/sharknado-atlantic-rim-pacific-rim-asylum-movie-spoof|accessdate=9 May 2015|publisher=GQ|date=August 2013|archive-date=16 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130716173407/http://www.gq.com/entertainment/movies-and-tv/201308/sharknado-atlantic-rim-pacific-rim-asylum-movie-spoof|url-status=dead}}
Jailbait (2014) (and as writer)
Bound (2015){{cite news|last1=Brown|first1=Kat|title=Buffy actress to star in Fifty Shades of Grey 'mockbuster'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/11334897/fifty-shades-of-grey-bound.html|accessdate=9 May 2015|work=The Telegraph|date=9 January 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Barton|first1=Steve|title=Exclusive Bound Trailer Is Fifty Shades of Asylum Mockbuster|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/84709/bound-trailer-fifty-shades-asylum-mockbuster/|accessdate=9 May 2015|publisher=Dread Central|date=8 January 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Rife|first1=Katie|title=Charisma Carpenter's career gets smacked around in BDSM "thriller" Bound|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/charisma-carpenters-career-gets-smacked-around-bds-214763|accessdate=9 May 2015|publisher=The A.V. Club|date=11 February 2015}}
Buddy Hutchins (2015){{cite news|last1=Hallam|first1=Scott|title=Buddy Hutchins (2015)|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/89900/buddy-hutchins-2015/|accessdate=9 May 2015|publisher=Dread Central|date=16 February 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Cooper|first1=Patrick|title=Jamie Kennedy Talks 'Buddy Hutchins' and 'Tremors 5′|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/interviews/3333303/interview-jamie-kennedy-talks-buddy-hutchins-tremors-5/|accessdate=9 May 2015|publisher=Bloody Disgusting|date=24 February 2015}}
Hulk Blood Tapes (2015)
School's Out (2015)
Little Dead Rotting Hood (2016)
Wishing for a Dream (2016)
The Horde (2016) {{cite news|last1=Miska|first1=Brad|title=First Look at Horror Vet-Heavy 'The Horde'|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/images/3319798/first-look-horror-vet-heavy-horde/|accessdate=9 May 2015|publisher=Bloody Disgusting|date=31 October 2014}}
Halloween Pussy Trap Kill! Kill! (2017)
Devil's Revenge (2019)
Street Survivors: The True Story of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash (2020) (and as writer)
In the Drift (2020)
Deadlock (2021)
Vendetta (2022)