Joel Edmund Cohen (born August 23, 1963) is an American screenwriter who has worked on projects such as the movies Cheaper by the Dozen, Toy Story,[1] Money Talks[2] and Garfield: The Movie.[3] He frequently works with his writing partner Alec Sokolow.[4]
Joel Cohen | |
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| Born | Joel Edmund Cohen August 23, 1963 Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | State University of New York |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1983–present |
Along with Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Joe Ranft, and Sokolow, Cohen was nominated in 1996 for the Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) for his work on Toy Story.[5] Beyond writing, Cohen and Sokolow jointly directed Monster Mash: The Movie (1995) and executively produced Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber (2008).
Selected writing credits
editFilms
edit- Hot Money (1983)
- Sister, Sister (1987)
- Pass the Ammo (1988)
- Toy Story (1995)
- Monster Mash: The Movie (1995)
- Money Talks (1997)
- Goodbye Lover (1998)
- Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)
- Garfield: The Movie (2004)
- Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006)
- Evan Almighty (2007)
- Daddy Day Camp (2007)
- Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber (2008)
- The Inseparables (2023)
Video games
edit- Freaky Flyers (2003)
- Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure (2011)
References
edit- ^ Maslin, Janet (November 22, 1995). "Toy Story (1995) FILM REVIEW;There's a New Toy in the House. Uh-Oh". The New York Times.
- ^ "INTERVIEW: Alec Sokolow & Joel Cohen Creators of Toy Story & Writers of Garfield Part 1". scriptmag.com. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ Scott, A. O. (11 June 2004). "A Cat From the Comics, Full of Lasagna". New York Times. Retrieved 7 May 2005.
- ^ "INTERVIEW: Alec Sokolow & Joel Cohen Creators of Toy Story & Writers of Garfield Part 2". scriptmag.com. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Academy Awards database". Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
External links
edit- Joel Cohen at IMDb
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