Rob Cohen

Rob Cohen (born March 12, 1949) is an American film director, writer and producer. He is best known for directing the first Fast and the Furious installment (2001), as well as the action films xXx (2002) and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emporer (2008). He's a graduate in Anthropology and Visual Studies from Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and while working as a reader for Universal in the early-1970s discovered the screenplay for what would become The Sting (1973).

Rob Cohen is known for work in directing across film and television. New Release currently presents 26 verified screen credits connected to this profile.

Selected work includes I Am Paul Walker (2018), The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004), black-ish (2014), Miami Vice (1984), Speechless (2016), thirtysomething (1987), xXx (2002), The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008). The recorded credits span 1984 to 2018, including 16 movies and 10 TV shows.

The filmography below lists available titles, release years and known roles. This profile is updated as additional verified information becomes available.