Person
John Cohen
Directing
Biography
John Cohen (1932–2019) was a major figure in the development and appreciation of traditional music, and one of the most prolific contributors to the Smithsonian Folkways collection of recorded sounds. He was a musician, photographer, filmmaker, and record producer, but those words do not adequately describe John, whose work transcended labels and defied categorization.
Known for
Saving the Human Race
Foley Editor
The Sin of Jesus
Production Assistant
Dancing with the Incas
Camera Operator
Roscoe Holcomb from Daisy, Kentucky
Director
Peruvian Weaving
Director
Q'eros: The Shape of Survival
Director
Always Been a Rambler
2020
Musical Holdouts
Director
Doc & Merle
1986
Pericles in America
Director
Filmography
- 2020Always Been a Rambler
- 2017Saving the Human RaceFoley Editor
- 2014Visions of Mary FrankDirector
- 2010Roscoe Holcomb from Daisy, KentuckyDirector
- 2003Remembering the High LonesomeSelf
- 1992Dancing with the IncasCamera Operator
- 1991Carnival in Q'erosDirector
- 1988Pericles in AmericaDirector
- 1987Choqela: Only InterpretationEditor
- 1986Doc & Merle
- 1984Mountain Music of PeruDirector
- 1982Gypsies Sing Long BalladsDirector
- 1982Post-Industrial FiddleDirector
- 1981Sara and MaybelleDirector
- 1981Fifty Miles from Times SquareDirector
- 1980Peruvian WeavingDirector
- 1979Q'eros: The Shape of SurvivalDirector
- 1976Musical HoldoutsDirector
- 1969The End of an Old SongDirector
- 1963The High Lonesome SoundDirector
- 1961The Sin of JesusProduction Assistant
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