Arthur Cohn
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(b Philadelphia, 6 Nov 1910 ). American composer,conductor and writer. He studied at the Combs Conservatory, the University of Pennsylvania and the Juilliard School, Goldmark being his main composition teacher. His works include six string quartets (1928-45) and orchestral pieces; he has written books on 20th-century music and on the recorded repertory.
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Producer Arthur Cohn was behind many prestigious European films and is especially noted for his work with Vittorio De Sica. Six of his productions have won Oscars including Black and White in Color (1977) and The Garden of the Finzi Continis (1970). ~ Sandra Brennan, RoviFilmography:
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This article is about the film producer. For the mathematician, see Arthur Cohn (mathematician).
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 Arthur Cohn in Basel |
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| Born | February 4, 1927 Basel, Switzerland |
| Occupation | film producer |
Arthur Cohn (born February 4, 1927 in Basel, Switzerland) is a film producer.[1]
Six of his films have won the Academy Award for Best Documentary,[2] and he was awarded the Guardian of Zion Award in 2004. One of the awards was for French film Black and White in Color (1976) as producer.
His best-known non-documentary film is Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini (1970, directed by Vittorio De Sica). His most recent film as producer is The Yellow Handkerchief (2008). He also produced films by Kevin Macdonald (One Day in September) and Walter Salles (Central do Brasil, Abril Despedaçado).
Filmography
| Year | Film | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Sky Above and Mud Beneath (Le Ciel et la Boue) | Academy Award Winner for Best Documentary Feature |
| 1964 | Paris Secret | Documentary Feature |
| 1967 | Woman Times Seven | starring Shirley MacLaine and Peter Sellers |
| 1968 | A Place for Lovers (Amanti) | |
| 1970 | Sunflower (I Girasoli) | starring Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni |
| The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini) | Academy Award Winner for Best Foreign Language Film | |
| 1972 | We'll Call Him Andrew (Lo chiameremo Andrea) | |
| 1973 | A Brief Vacation (Una breve vacanza) | |
| 1976 | Black and White in Color (Noir et Blanc en Couleur) | Academy Award Winner for Best Foreign Language Film |
| 1979 | Adoption (L'adoption) | |
| 1981 | The Yellow Star – The Persecution of the Jews in Europe 1933-45 (Der Gelbe Stern) | Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary
Feature |
| 1984 | Love on the Ground (L'Amour par Terre) | |
| Dangerous Moves (La Diagonale du Fou) | Academy Award Winner for Best Foreign Language Film | |
| 1990 | American Dream | Academy Award Winner for Best Documentary Feature |
| 1991 | November Days | Documentary Feature |
| 1995 | Two Bits | starring Al Pacino |
| 1997 | White Lies | |
| 1998 | Central Station (Central do Brasil) | Academy Award Nominee and Golden Globe Winner for Best Foreign
Language Film |
| 1999 | Children of the Night | Documentary Short with rare footage of Children in the Holocaust |
| One Day in September | Academy Award Winner for Best Documentary Feature | |
| 2001 | Behind the Sun (Abril Despedaçado) | |
| 2004 | The Chorus (Les Choristes) | Academy Award Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film and for Best Music |
| 2008 | The Yellow Handkerchief | starring William Hurt, Maria Bello and Kristen Stewart |
| The Children of Huang Shi | starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Radha Mitchell and Chow Yun-Fat | |
| 2009 | Feathered Fan and Silken Ribbon | Documentary Feature |
| 2012 | Russian Disco (Russendisko) |
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