Jem Cohen

Jem Cohen

Directing

Born January 1, 1962 · Kabul, Afghanistan

65 films as director · Active 1987–2026

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 collaboratio…

Known for

4:44 (from her house home)

4:44 (from her house home)

1989

Directed(65)

Little, Big, and Far

2026Little, Big, and Far★ 8.0

Robert and June (and All the Time in the World)

2025Robert and June (and All the Time in the World)

2024Robert and June (Cape Breton and NYC)

Aerie

Ballad of Philip Guston

2022Ballad of Philip Guston★ 5.0

2022Or Nothing (The Double)

Opened Ending

2020Opened Ending

Makeshift (for Mekas)

2019Makeshift (for Mekas)★ 6.0

NYC Weights and Measures

2018NYC Weights and Measures

This Climate

2018This Climate

2018MARC RIBOT FEAT. TOM WAITS – Bella Ciao (Goodbye Beautiful)

Vox Populi

Birth of a Nation

2017Birth of a Nation

World Without End (No Reported Incidents)

2016World Without End (No Reported Incidents)★ 5.0

Bury Me Not

2016Bury Me Not

2016Peter Hutton

On Essex Road

2016On Essex Road

Counting

2015Counting★ 7.7

2015We Have an Anchor

The Film That Buys the Cinema

2014The Film That Buys the Cinema

Helianthus Corner Blues

2013Helianthus Corner Blues

Museum Hours

2012Museum Hours★ 6.7

20 Little Films

201220 Little Films

Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street

2011Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street

Real Birds

2010Anne Truitt, Working★ 5.0

Crossing Paths with Luce Vigo

2010Crossing Paths with Luce Vigo

2009Le bled (Buildings in a Field)

Night Scene New York

2009Night Scene New York

Long for the City (Patti Smith in New York)

2009Long for the City (Patti Smith in New York)

2009Chinatown Film Project

Evening's Civil Twilight in Empires of Tin

2008Evening's Civil Twilight in Empires of Tin

2008Half The Battle★ 10.0

The Passage Clock: For Walter Benjamin

2008The Passage Clock: For Walter Benjamin

Spirit (Smells Like Teen Spirit)

2007Spirit (Smells Like Teen Spirit)

free

2007free★ 7.5

2006Building a Broken Mousetrap

Blessed are the Dreams of Men

2006Blessed are the Dreams of Men

Chain

2004Chain★ 7.0

R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)

2003R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)★ 5.0

The Foxx and Little Vic

2002The Foxx and Little Vic

Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse

2001Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse★ 6.0

Nice Evening, Transmission Down

2001Nice Evening, Transmission Down

Benjamin Smoke

2000Benjamin Smoke★ 4.6

2000Little Flags★ 8.0

Instrument

1999Instrument★ 6.9

Amber City

1999Amber City★ 6.4

1999Blood Orange Sky★ 8.0

Lucky Three: An Elliott Smith Portrait

1997Lucky Three: An Elliott Smith Portrait★ 7.1

Lost Book Found

1996Lost Book Found★ 6.4

Nightswimming

1995Nightswimming

Buried in Light

1994Buried in Light★ 7.0

1992Black Hole Radio★ 10.0

Drink Deep

1991Drink Deep★ 6.8

1991R.E.M. - This Film Is On★ 7.0

1991Sketches for Late City Final

Just Hold Still

1989Just Hold Still★ 6.0

4:44 (from her house home)

19894:44 (from her house home)

1989Light Years

Glueman

1989Glueman★ 2.0

This Is a History of New York

1987This Is a History of New York★ 6.3

—Gravity Hill Newsreels-Bella ciao

Acting(1)

19894:44 (from her house home)Narrator

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