Peter Cohn (director)

His debut film, Drunks is about an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. It starred Richard Lewis, Faye Dunaway, Dianne Wiest, Parker Posey and other New York City actors.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1995/film/reviews/drunks-1200442995/|title=Drunks|date=11 September 1995|publisher=}}

Stephen Holden of the New York Times reviewed the movie saying "the movie is so superbly realized by an ensemble of well-known actors that it is impossible not to be moved by their stories".{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/14/movies/why-they-drank-how-they-cope.html|title=Why They Drank, How They Cope|first=Stephen|last=Holden|date=14 March 1997|publisher=|via=NYTimes.com}} Drunks premiered with a one-time cable TV presentation on Showtime, and was awarded the 1997 entertainment industry Prism Award as one of the "...outstanding efforts by the entertainment industry to portray drug abuse and related violence accurately in films and television programs."{{cite web|url=https://archives.drugabuse.gov/news-events/nida-notes/prism-awards-recognize-accurate-portrayals-drug-abuse-violence-in-films-tv|title=Prism Awards Recognize Accurate Portrayals of Drug Abuse and Violence In Films and TV|date=1 October 1997|publisher=}}

Cohn's subsequent films have been documentaries on relevant social issues. Golden Venture (2006) recounts the story of the Chinese immigrants aboard the freighter Golden Venture that ran aground off a New York City beach in 1993.{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/27/AR2006042700222.html|title=Golden Venture Passengers Still Drifting|first=DAVID B.|last=CARUSO|date=27 April 2006|publisher=|via=www.washingtonpost.com}} The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2006.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/09/nyregion/09venture.html|title=Making It Ashore, but Still Chasing U.S. Dream|first=Nina|last=Bernstein|date=9 April 2006|publisher=|via=NYTimes.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nysun.com/editorials/golden-venture/31921/|title=Golden Venture|website=The New York Sun}}

Power and Control: Domestic Violence in America (2010) tells the story of a domestic violence survivor in Duluth, Minnesota. It is set against the broader story of the battered women's movement and the Duluth model, describing the legal and community response to domestic violence.{{cite web|url=https://www.minnpost.com/arts-culture/2010/04/pain-and-gain-minneapolis-st-paul-international-film-festival|title=Pain -- and gain -- at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.citypages.com/news/mspiff-your-passport-to-58-countries-via-145-films-6724705|title=MSPIFF: Your passport to 58 countries via 145 films - City Pages|website=City Pages}}

Holy Land: A Year in the West Bank (2014) follows a group of disparate Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank over the course of a year, recounting their stories and experiences.{{cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/S-F-Jewish-Film-Festival-Holy-Land-5647021.php|title=S.F. Jewish Film Festival: 'Holy Land'|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://archive.seattleweekly.com/home/957223-129/a-documentary-sampler-from-the-seattlepo|title=Seattle News and Events - News|website=Seattle Weekly}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jpost.com/Arts-and-Culture/Arts/US-filmmaker-sets-sights-on-W-Bank|title=US filmmaker sets sights on W. Bank|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://ukjewishfilm.org/event/holy-land-2/|title=Holy Land - UK Jewish Film|publisher=}}

His father, Sam Cohn, was a major Hollywood agent who helped create ICM Partners.{{Cite news |last=Weber |first=Bruce |date=2009-05-06 |title=Sam Cohn, Powerful Talent Broker, Dies at 79 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/arts/07cohn.html |access-date=2025-04-22 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} Cohn and his wife, Ski Cohn, a finance professor, live in the Park Hill neighborhood of Yonkers, New York.{{Cite news |last=Correal |first=Annie |date=2016-11-04 |title=A 300-Foot Wealth Gap in Yonkers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/06/nyregion/a-300-foot-wealth-gap-in-yonkers.html |access-date=2025-04-22 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

• Drunks (film) (1995)
• Golden Venture (2006)
• Power and Control: Domestic Violence in America (2010)
• Holy Land: A Year in the West Bank (2014)

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• [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0169940/ Peter Cohn on IMDB]
• [http://www.petercohn.com Peter Cohn official site petercohn.com]

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