Person
Hervé Cohen
Camera · Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Biography
Hervé Cohen is an award-winning filmmaker and cinematographer and has traveled the world to capture compelling stories for international productions: from the Amazon, filming a musical poetic piece about environment, to the countryside of China, following the work of three traveling projectionists; (Electric Shadows) via Senegal capturing the initiation ceremony of a young Diola (Sikambano, The Sons of The Sacred Woods); the entire United States, filming a family road movie during the Democratic Primaries (Closer To The Dream); Italy and Portugal for a series of portraits of Europeans, and of course Paris (where he is originally from) filming a personal story about the exile of the Algerian Jews "Another Life". Since 2016 he has embarked his most ambitious project a multi-media endeavor and interactive web documentary entitled "Life Underground", about metro riders in the subways of the world and their intimate stories and thoughts. Life Underground was nominated for best short series at the 2018 at IDA Awards.
Known for

Wide Angle
Cinematography

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Director of Photography

Haiti My Love
Cinematography
Broken Stones
Director of Photography
Closer to the Dream
Director

River of Gold
Cinematography
The Dreamers of Arnhem Land
Cinematography

Room to Breathe
Cinematography
Filmography
- 2019Miles Davis: Birth of the CoolDirector of Photography
- 2016Haiti My LoveCinematography
- 2016River of GoldCinematography
- 2012Broken StonesDirector of Photography
- 2012Room to BreatheCinematography
- 2002Wide AngleCinematography
- —Closer to the DreamDirector
- —The Dreamers of Arnhem LandCinematography
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