Rob Cohen Net Worth

Rob Cohen is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor who has had a successful career in film and television spanning over 40 years. He attended Harvard University and graduated magna cum laude in 1971, and his first endeavor in filmmaking was a commissioned recruiting film for Harvard's Admissions Office in 1970. He went on to become Fox's Vice President of TV Movies, and then Head of Production at Motown Records at the age of 24. He has produced and directed some of the most iconic films and television series of the 1980's, including Miami Vice (1984), The Witches of Eastwick (1987), Ironweed (1987) and The Wiz (1978). From 1990 onward, Cohen moved into directing full time, and has since directed the box office hits xXx (2002), The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008), and The Boy Next Door (2015). He is currently on location in Sofia, Bulgaria shooting his next film, The Hurricane Heist (2018). He is also an accomplished commercials director, having made over 150 spots for products such as Disney's Star Wars, Verizon, Ford, GM, Mercedes, Chevy, Saab and Burger King.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Producer, Director, Actor
Birth Day March 12, 1949
Birth Place  Cornwall, New York, United States
Age 74 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Aries
Alma mater Harvard University
Occupation Film director, producer, actor, screenwriter
Years active 1975–present

💰 Net worth: $3 Million (2024)

Rob Cohen, a well-known producer, director, and actor in the United States, is estimated to have a net worth of $3 million in 2024. With a career spanning several decades, Cohen has made significant contributions to the film industry. He has produced and directed several successful films, including the Fast and the Furious franchise, which earned billions of dollars worldwide. In addition to his behind-the-scenes work, Cohen has also appeared in minor acting roles throughout his career. With his vast experience and successful track record, it is no surprise that Cohen has accumulated considerable wealth in the entertainment industry.

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Biography/Timeline

1973

With a career in film and television spanning more than 40 years, Cohen has distinguished himself as a celebrated Screenwriter, Producer and Director. In 1973, 20th Century Fox Television hired Cohen as ‘Head of Current Programming’ helping out with, among other shows, the first year of the epic hit, M*A*S*H. Eager to push Fox into ‘long form’, Cohen cold called the head of ABC and introduced himself as ‘the head of television movies at Fox’. Barry Diller gave him a meeting where he sold two TV films on the spot, properties he had found in the voluminous books of Fox's unproduced properties. A week later, he duplicated the feat at CBS under Philip Barry. Fox President, william Edwin Self, was not happy that a junior employee had garnered these commitments without permission but grudgingly gave Cohen the title Vice President of TV Movies.

1974

Cohen went to work and developed the first Motown movie from his own idea about the burgeoning phenomenon of African American Super Models he felt was perfect for Motown star Diana Ross. He sold the package to Paramount and in 1974, the cameras rolled on Mahogany in Chicago and Rome. At the same time, he developed a unique film from the Bill Brashler novel The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976) starring Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones and Richard Pryor. To direct, he hired a then unknown TV Director John Badham to make his feature debut, a critical hit set in the 1930s Negro National League (1920–31) (twenty years later, he and Badham would partner again to make a number of successful films at Universal Studios).

1978

Departing Motown in 1978, Cohen went on to produce and direct films and television series, including Miami Vice, Light of Day, The Witches of Eastwick, Ironweed, and The Wiz.

1990

From 1990 onwards, Cohen moved into directing full-time. Much success followed with early 1990s films such as Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Dragonheart, Daylight and the Golden Globe award-winning film The Rat Pack (film).

2001

At 52, Cohen had become an action Director, directing the 2001 film, The Fast and The Furious. The film was a hit, opening with $40 million its first weekend, starring relative unknowns Paul Walker and Vin Diesel.

2008

In 2008, he directed the third installment of The Mummy, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, grossing $405 million worldwide, and he directed Blumhouse Production's The Boy Next Door starring Jennifer Lopez in 2015.

2019

Cohen was born in Cornwall, New York. He attended Harvard University and graduated magna cum laude in the class of ’71, after transferring from Amherst College after two years concentrating in a cross major between anthropology and visual studies. His first endeavor in filmmaking was a commissioned recruiting film for Harvard's Admissions Office in 1970, which became his senior thesis.