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Rob Cohen
Born March 12, 1949 in Cornwall, New York, USA16 films
Rob Cohen (born March 12, 1949) is an American film director, writer and producer. He is best known for directing the first Fast and the Furious installment (2001), as well as the action films xXx (2002) and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emporer (2008). He's a graduate in Anthropology and Visual Studies from Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and while working as a reader for Universal in the early-1970s discovered the screenplay for what would become The Sting (1973).
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First watchThe Fast and the Furious20017.0Dominic Toretto is a Los Angeles street racer suspected of masterminding a series of big-rig hijackings. When undercover cop Brian O'Conner infiltrates Toretto's iconoclastic crew, he…View filmEssential films
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16 films as director- TBASpeedhuntersDirector
- 2018The Hurricane HeistDirector
- 2015The Boy Next DoorDirector
- 2012Alex CrossDirector
- 2008The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon EmperorDirector
- 2005StealthDirector
- 2002xXxDirector
- 2001The Fast and the FuriousDirector
- 2000The SkullsDirector
- 1998The Rat PackDirector
- 1997The GuardianDirector
- 1996DaylightDirector
- 1996DragonHeartDirector
- 1993Dragon: The Bruce Lee StoryDirector
- 1984ScandalousDirector
- 1980A Small Circle of FriendsDirector