Rob Cohen Highlights

  • 2008: Helmed the third film in The Mummy franchise, "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor"
  • 2005: Executive produced "XXX: State of the Union"
  • 2005: Helmed the thriller "Stealth" starring Jamie Foxx and Jessica Biel
  • 2002: Reunited with Diesel for the spy thriller "XXX"
  • 2001: Enjoyed a box-office hit as director of "The Fast and the Furious" starring Vin Diesel
  • 2000: Helmed the poorly received thriller "The Skulls"
  • 1998: Directed the HBO movie "The Rat Pack"
  • 1993: Breakthrough directorial project, "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story"
  • 1990: First film released by The Badham/Cohen Group, "Bird on a Wire"
  • 1985: Appointed president of Keith Barish Productions
  • 1985: Began directing regularly for episodic TV
  • 1984: First film as screenwriter, "Scandalous"
  • 1980: Feature film directing debut, "A Small Circle of Friends"
  • 1978: Left Motown to form his own production company
  • 1975: First film as producer, "Mahogany" (Motown)
  • 1973: Became executive vice president of the motion picture divsion of Motown Records at age 24
  • 1969: While a college sophomore, assisted director Daniel Petrie on the NBC TV movie "Silent Night, Lonely Night"
  • Evaluated and recommended the script for "The Sting" (1973); project was set up at Universal within a week
  • Hired by producer Martin Jurow to try writing screenplays
  • Hired as an assistant to Richard Berger, vice president of 20th Century FOX TV
  • Served as vice chairman of Keith Barish Productions
  • Began directing TV commercials
  • Worked as a reader for the International Famous Agency (now part of ICM)
  • Served as director of the made-for-TV movies at 20th Century FOX
  • Formed The Badham/Cohen Group with director John Badham, merging their two separate deals with MCA