Erika Cohn

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Erika Cohn is an American movie director and producer. Cohn is a Emmy and Peabody recipient. [1] She is also the founder of the Idle Wild Films, Inc. Company. [2]

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Education

She attended Chapman University and Hebrew University and earned degrees in Film Production, Middle Eastern studies, and Acting Performance. [3] Erika is also a photographer and a U.S. Ambassadorial Film Scholar in Israel and Palestine. [4]

Filmography

Awards and fellowships

Cohn and her films have been awarded Emmy and Peabody awards. [1] She was awarded a Directors Guild of America award for When the Voices Fade. [9] She was recognized by Variety as a leading documentary filmmaker "to watch in 2017." [10] She was listed in Doc NYC's "40 Under 40" list for 2019. Her "Win from Within" series for Gatorade was nominated 2016 Webby award. [3] In 2016 she was a National MediaMaker Fellow and was admitted to the CPB Producer's Academy. [11] In 2017 she was a Rauschenberg Foundation Artist as Activist Fellow. [12]

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