Jem Cohen

Explore Jem Cohen's movie filmography on ReelBot, including film credits, roles, release dates, ratings, and movie details.

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Born in Afghanistan, Jem Cohen is an American experimental filmmaker and photographer, especially known for his observational portraits of urban landscapes, blending of media formats, and collaborations with musicians. Cohen has worked extensively with musicians including Patti Smith, Fugazi, Terry Riley, R.E.M., Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Xylouris White, DJ Rupture, the Ex, Elliott Smith, Vic Chesnutt, Mary Margaret O’Hara, Matana Roberts, Jessica Moss, Jonathan Richman, T.Griffin/Catherine McRae, White Magic, and the Orpheus Orchestra with Gil Shaham, and has collaborated with writers Luc Sante and Sam Stephenson, and graphic artist Ben Katchor.

Filmography

• Little, Big, and Far (2026)
• Robert and June (and All the Time in the World) (2025)
• Robert and June (Cape Breton and NYC) (2024)
• June Leaf (2024)
• Or Nothing (The Double) (2022)
• Ballad of Philip Guston (2022)
• Makeshift (for Mekas) (2019)
• Vox Populi (2018)
• NYC Weights and Measures (2018)
• This Climate (2018)
• Birth of a Nation (2017)
• World Without End (No Reported Incidents) (2016)
• Bury Me Not (2016)
• Peter Hutton (2016)
• On Essex Road (2016)
• Counting (2015)
• We Have an Anchor (2015)
• The Film That Buys the Cinema (2014)
• Helianthus Corner Blues (2013)
• Museum Hours (2012)
• 20 Little Films (2012)
• Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street (2011)
• Real Birds (2011)
• Anne Truitt, Working (2010)
• Crossing Paths with Luce Vigo (2010)
• Chinatown Film Project (2009)
• Long for the City (Patti Smith in New York) (2009)
• Le bled (Buildings in a Field) (2009)
• Night Scene New York (2009)
• The Passage Clock: For Walter Benjamin (2008)
• Evening's Civil Twilight in Empires of Tin (2008)
• Half The Battle (2008)
• A Tale of Two Cities (Viennale Trailer 2007) (2007)
• Spirit (Smells Like Teen Spirit) (2007)
• Blessed are the Dreams of Men (2006)
• Building a Broken Mousetrap (2006)
• Chain (2004)
• R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.) (2003)
• The Foxx and Little Vic (2002)
• Nice Evening, Transmission Down (2001)
• Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse (2001)
• Benjamin Smoke (2000)
• Little Flags (2000)
• Instrument (1999)
• Amber City (1999)
• Blood Orange Sky (1999)
• Lucky Three: An Elliott Smith Portrait (1997)
• Museum (1997)
• Lost Book Found (1996)
• Buried in Light (1994)
• Black Hole Radio (1992)
• R.E.M.: This Film Is On (1991)
• Drink Deep (1991)
• Sketches for Late City Final (1991)
• Just Hold Still (1989)
• 4:44 (from her house home) (1989)
• Light Years (1989)
• Glueman (1989)
• Matewan (1987)
• This Is a History of New York (1987)
• At Close Range (1986)
• Gravity Hill Newsreels-Bella ciao