Hervé Cohen

Place of birth:

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.