Bonni Cohen


Bonni Cohen is an American documentary film producer and director. She is the co-founder of Actual Films and has produced and directed an array of award-winning films. Most recently, she produced the Oscar-nominated film Lead Me Home, which premiered at the 2021 Telluride Film Festival and is a Netflix Original. She also recently co-directed Athlete A, which won an Emmy for Outstanding Investigative Documentary and received four nominations from the Critics’ Choice Awards. She is the co-founder of Actual Films, the production company of the documentaries An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, Audrie & Daisy, 3.5 Minutes, The Island President, Lost Boys of Sudan and The Rape of Europa. Cohen is the co-founder of the Catapult Film Fund.
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Career

Cohen co-directed Athlete A and An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power. In 2016, Cohen co-directed the film Audrie & Daisy, which premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival where it was acquired by Netflix.
Cohen is the producer of The Island President, a documentary about the first democratically elected president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed. In 2009, Cohen produced the film Wonders are Many, directed by Jon Else, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2007. Cohen co-directed Inside Guantanamo with Else. Cohen also served as Executive Producer of the documentary films 3.5 Minutes and Art and Craft.

Filmography

Directed features

Athlete A Just Breathe An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power Audrie & Daisy National Geographic Explorer
  • * Inside Guantanamo
  • * Inside Bethlehem
  • * The Last Christians of Bethlehem The Rape of Europa Wild on the Set
  • * Snakes
  • * Primates Kofi Annan: Eye of the Storm
  • ''Meet Me in Miami Beach''

Producing credits

Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore Freedom to Dream Jaiquan's Sketch Cooking for Life Sounds of Life Cooked: Survival by Zip Code Be Like Water Drawn to the Mat Just Breathe Nature: No App Required Splash The Seer and the Unseen Life Overtakes Me When God Sleeps Melting Ice Extremis Audrie & Daisy P.O.V.
  • * Art and Craft 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets The Last Season Art and Craft American Jerusalem: Jews and the Making of San Francisco Independent Lens
  • * Island President
  • * Wonders Are Many: The Making of "Doctor Atomic" The Island President National Geographic Explorer
  • * The Last Christians of BethlehemUndercover History
  • * J. Edgar HooverWonders Are Many The Rape of Europa Open Outcry They Drew Fire Kofi Annan: Eye of the Storm
  • ''The Human Sexes''

Awards and nominations