Erika Cohn is an American movie director and producer. Cohn is a Emmy and Peabody recipient. She is also the founder of the Idle Wild Films, Inc. Company.
Education
She attended Chapman University and Hebrew University and earned degrees in Film Production, Middle Eastern studies, and Acting Performance. Erika is also a photographer and a U.S. Ambassadorial Film Scholar in Israel and Palestine.
Filmography
When the Voices Fade (2006) Giant Steps (2008) La Guerrera (2008) God in America (2010) In Football We Trust (2015) The Judge (2017) Belly of the Beast (2020)
Awards and fellowships
Cohn and her films have been awarded Emmy and Peabody awards. She was awarded a Directors Guild of America award for When the Voices Fade. She was recognized by Variety as a leading documentary filmmaker "to watch in 2017." She was listed in Doc NYC's "40 Under 40" list for 2019. Her "Win from Within" series for Gatorade was nominated 2016 Webby award. In 2016 she was a National MediaMaker Fellow and was admitted to the CPB Producer's Academy. In 2017 she was a Rauschenberg Foundation Artist as Activist Fellow.
References
External links
Erika Cohn Biography
Idle Wild Films Inc. Official Website
Interview with Erika Cohn on her film Belly of the Beast
Living people
American documentary film directors
American women documentary filmmakers
Directors Guild of America Award winners
American film producers
Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni
Year of birth missing (living people) Chapman University alumni 21st-century American women