1. Bruce L Cohen was born on September 23,1961 and is a film, television, and theater producer.
11 Facts About Bruce Cohen
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Bruce Cohen is best known for producing the films American Beauty, Milk, and Silver Linings Playbook.
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In 2000, Bruce Cohen won the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing American Beauty.
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Bruce Cohen later earned additional Best Picture nominations for Milk and Silver Linings Playbook.
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On television, Bruce Cohen was executive producer of the ABC series Pushing Daisies, which won a total of seven Emmys and was nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Comedy.
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Bruce Cohen was executive producer of the CBS special Movies Rock.
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Bruce Cohen is on the Board of Governors of the Producer's Guild, having served two terms as vice president of motion pictures, and is on the Executive Committee of the Producers Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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Bruce Cohen is president of the board of directors of the American Foundation for Equal Rights, the group behind the recently successful Supreme Court case to have California's Proposition 8 declared unconstitutional.
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In 2019, Bruce Cohen joined the Advisory Board for the Harlem Film House, which presents the Hip Hop Film Festival, an annual event that focuses on filmmakers from the global culture of hip hop and promotes financial sustainability for independent filmmakers from marginalized or economically disadvantaged communities.
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Bruce Cohen is married to Gabriel Catone and they have a daughter.
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Bruce Cohen was a producer on all films unless otherwise noted:.