Person

Julie Cohen

Directing · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Julie Cohen is the Academy Award® nominated, Emmy winning director and producer of RBG (2018) along with Betsy West. Also with West, she directed Julia (2021) and My Name is Pauli Murray (2021). Previous films include The Sturgeon Queens, American Veteran and I Live to Sing. Before making documentaries, Julie was a producer for NBC News.

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  RBG

  Producer

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  Pretty Ugly: The Story of the Lunachicks

  Executive Producer

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  Cashing Out

  Executive Producer

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  I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story

  Self

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  The Following People DO NOT Smoke Weed

  Executive Producer

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  Frida

  Executive Producer

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  Remembering RBG: A Nation Ugly Cries

  Self

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  Julia

  Director

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  Every Body

  Self (voice)

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  My Name Is Pauli Murray

  Director

• 2026Pretty Ugly: The Story of the LunachicksExecutive Producer
• 2026The Following People DO NOT Smoke WeedExecutive Producer
• 2024The Path ForwardDirector
• 2024Cashing OutExecutive Producer
• 2024FridaExecutive Producer
• 2024I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff StorySelf
• 2023Every BodySelf (voice)
• 2022Gabby Giffords Won't Back DownDirector
• 2021JuliaDirector
• 2021My Name Is Pauli MurrayDirector
• 2020Remembering RBG: A Nation Ugly CriesSelf
• 2020Natours GroceryProducer
• 2018RBGProducer
• 2017American VeteranDirector
• 2014The Sturgeon QueensDirector
• 2013Ndiphilela Ukucula: I Live to SingDirector
• 2011A Joyous SoundDirector
• 2011Pedro Ruiz: Coming HomeDirector
• 2011The Unforgettable Hampton FamilyDirector
• —Top of the WorldDirector