Jaffe Cohen

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Jaffe Cohen (born 1962) is an American television writer and producer, most noted as a co-creator with Ryan Murphy and Michael Zam of the television series Feud . [1]

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Career

Cohen first became prominent in the 1980s as a member of the comedy troupe Funny Gay Males, alongside Bob Smith and Danny McWilliams. [2] The trio toured for several years, performing a show that consisted of each member performing a solo standup comedy set, including an appearance at the 1991 Just for Laughs festival. [3] They also collaborated on the 1995 comedy book Growing Up Gay: From Left Out to Coming Out, which was a Lambda Literary Award nominee in the humor category at the 8th Lambda Literary Awards. [4]

After the troupe went on hiatus in the late 1990s, he auditioned for the role of Simon in the 1997 film As Good As It Gets , but was passed over for being "too gay" despite Simon being a gay character. [5] He did, however, appear in the film in a smaller supporting role as a party guest. [6] He also performed at the 1997 We're Funny That Way! comedy festival, with his set forming part of David Adkin's 1998 documentary film, [7] and in the 1998 sketch comedy special In Thru the Out Door . [8]

He was one of the writers of the 1999 film Hit and Runway , [9] which won the award for best screenplay at the 1999 Los Angeles Independent Film Festival. [10]

Funny Gay Males briefly reunited in the mid-2000s, adding Eddie Sarfaty as a fourth member. [11] Cohen subsequently became a professor of television and film writing at the State University of New York at Oneonta. [1]

Awards

As a co-producer and writer of Feud, Cohen received a Producers Guild of America nomination for Best Long-Form Television at the 29th Producers Guild of America Awards, [12] a Writers Guild of America nomination for Best Long Form Original Television at the 70th Writers Guild of America Awards, [13] and Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series and Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards. [14]

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References

  1. 1 2 Nellie Andreeva, "‘Feud’ Co-Creators Michael Zam & Jaffe Cohen Sign With ICM Partners". Deadline Hollywood , June 12, 2017.
  2. ↑ "'Funny Gay Males' is perfectly named". Baltimore Sun , April 22, 1992.
  3. ↑ Bill Brownstein, "Funny Gay Males lives up to their billing; Our humor starts there but leads everywhere, comedians insist". Montreal Gazette , November 28, 1991.
  4. ↑ Cerna, Antonio Gonzalez (July 14, 1996). "8th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Lambdaliterary.org. Archived from the original on March 4, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Comic called `too gay' for As Good As It Gets". Halifax Daily News , March 31, 1998.
  6. ↑ "See a funny gay male get yucks at Yuk-Yuk's". Ottawa Citizen , July 23, 1998.
  7. ↑ Steven Mazey, "Gay film festival opens with laughter: Documentary opens Ottawa festival". Ottawa Citizen , September 16, 1998.
  8. ↑ "Quebec Scene: Carver, Briere, Tremblay headline latest Bouchard adaptation Teeka". Playback , November 17, 1997.
  9. ↑ Emanuel Levy, "Hit and Runway". Variety , May 17, 1999.
  10. ↑ Jon Matsumoto, "Using Differences as Grist for Their Script". Los Angeles Times , March 2, 2001.
  11. ↑ "Comedy quartet returns to the Red Barn". Miami Herald , January 31, 2004.
  12. ↑ Jenna Marotta, "Producers Guild Awards 2018: The Complete Winners List, from 'The Shape of Water' to 'Coco' and 'Jane'". IndieWire , January 21, 2018.
  13. ↑ Meg Swertlow, "2018 Writers Guild Awards: The Complete List of Winners". E! News , February 11, 2018.
  14. ↑ Alex Abad-Santos, "Emmy winners 2017: the complete list". Vox , September 18, 2017.
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