Background
Cohen, Bruce Lewis was born on September 23, 1961 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of George H. and Phyllis (Goody) Cohen.
Cohen, Bruce Lewis was born on September 23, 1961 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of George H. and Phyllis (Goody) Cohen.
In 1983, he graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies.
He earned additional Best Picture nominations for Milk and Silver Linings Playbook. Silver Linings Playbook, written and directed by David O. Russell, was nominated for eight Oscars. Among the other films Cohen has produced is Big Fish, directed by Tim Burton, which was both a Golden Globe and British Academy of Film and Television Arts nominee for Best Picture.
He was also executive producer of the Columbia Broadcasting System special Movies Rock, and was nominated for an Emmy in 2011 for producing the 83rd Annual Academy Awards.
He is president of the board of directors of the American Foundation for Equal Rights, the group behind the recently successful Supreme Court case to have California"s Proposition 8 declared unconstitutional.
Member Dirs. Guild American M C.