Robert Cohen (writer)
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Rob Cohen | |
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| Born | Robert Howard Cohen |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, director |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Spouse(s) | Janeane Garofalo Jill Leiderman |
Robert Cohenis a Canadian comedywriterand director. Cohen's writing career has covered many TV formats, from sketch to multi-camera, single-camera and animation. He has also written multiple times for the Academy Awards and Emmy Awards.
Early life
[edit]Cohen was born to aJewishfamily inCalgary, Alberta,where he attended theCalgary Hebrew School.
Career
[edit]Cohen has written forThe Simpsons,The Wonder Years,The Ben Stiller Show,andThe Big Bang Theory.
He won aPrimetime Emmy Awardfor his work onThe Ben Stiller Show.[1] His career as a TV comedy writer has covered every format, from multi-camera and single-camera, to sketch and animation. Cohen has also written for and produced on multiple Emmy Award, Academy Award and MTV Movie Award shows.
Personal life
[edit]Cohen is married toJimmy Kimmel Live!producer Jill Leiderman.[2]Upon their engagement, he learned that he had been legally married to his ex-girlfriend, actressJaneane Garofalo,for the last twenty years, after what they had believed to have been a "joke wedding" inLas Vegasin 1991. They had both thought the marriage was not binding unless it had been filed at a local courthouse. The union was dissolved in 2012.[3]
Awards
[edit]| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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| 1993 | The Ben Stiller Show | Emmys"Outstanding individual achievement in Writing in a Variety or Music Program" | Won[4] |
| 2004 | In recognition of extraordinary courage shown in... efforts to advance animation organizing | Robert Metzler Award | Won[5] |
| 2016 | Being Canadian | Writers Guild of America Award"Best Documentary Screenplay" | Nominated |
| 2016 | Best Director - Short Form Film | 2016 Webby Award | Won |
| 2017 | "Primetime Emmy Awards" | Writers Guild of America Award"Best Writing for a Variety Special" | Nominated
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References
[edit]- ^"THE BEN STILLER SHOW".Television Academy.Retrieved3 February2024.
- ^"Queen of the Night: Jill Leiderman".Marie Claire.2013-08-08.Retrieved2018-09-12.
- ^Phillips Erb, Kelly (November 14, 2012)."Janeane Garofalo Finds Out She's Been Married... for 20 Years".Forbes.RetrievedSeptember 3,2021.
- ^"THE BEN STILLER SHOW".emmys.Retrieved2013-01-10.
- ^"THE ROBERT MELTZER AWARD".wga.org.Retrieved2013-01-10.
External links
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- Living people
- Canadian humorists
- Canadian male television writers
- Jewish Canadian comedians
- 1963 births
- Jewish Canadian writers
- Primetime Emmy Award winners
- Writers from Calgary
- Canadian expatriate writers in the United States
- Canadian male comedians
- Comedians from Calgary
- Jewish male comedians
- Screenwriters from Alberta
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