Ross Cohen | |
Birth Place: | Liverpool, England |
Occupation: | producer, director, screenwriter |
Years Active: | 2008–present |
Ross Cohen is a British film director and producer based in Los Angeles, California.
Cohen was born and raised in Liverpool, England[1] [2] [3] [4] and moved to Los Angeles to attend the graduate film program at the University of Southern California.[5] Cohen was awarded an Alfred P. Sloan Production Award[6] to make his graduate thesis short film Willowbrook, a film that premiered as official selection at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival,[7] where it was nominated for the Student Visionary Award and went on to win Best Short Film at the 2012 Boston Film Festival.[8]
In March 2013, during the premiere week of the successful Netflix series House of Cards and the Papal Elections at the Vatican, Cohen directed the viral parody trailer House of Cardinals.[9] The project was praised by cast members,[10] Kevin Spacey and by showrunner Beau Willimon, who invited Cohen, along with his co-creator Jonathan Deutsch, to visit the House of Cards set during the filming of season two.
In late 2013, Cohen directed a commercial spot for Porsche titled Fire and Ice that played online and in Laemmle, Landmark and Angelika theater chains throughout Winter 2013 and Spring 2014.[11]