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'''Danny Cohen''' is a [[cinematographer]], and is a Member of the [[British Society of Cinematographers]]. He has worked on many feature films and TV series, and collaborated with director [[Tom Hooper (director)|Tom Hooper]] on the [[Academy Award]] winning [[The King's Speech]] in 2010 where he was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography]].<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12540386|title=What is a cinematographer?|date=25 February 2011|work=BBC News|accessdate=31 May 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.thecinematographer.info/articles/45-danny-cohen-the-kings-speech.html
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'''Daniel Cohen''' (born 1963) is an English [[cinematographer]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dannycohendp.com/|title=DANNY COHEN BSC - CINEMATOGRAPHER|website=www.dannycohendp.com|access-date=2019-03-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cinematographers.nl/PaginasDoPh/cohen.htm|title=DANNY COHEN|website=www.cinematographers.nl|access-date=2019-03-09}}</ref> A member of the [[British Society of Cinematographers]], he has worked on many feature films and television series, and is known for his collaborations with [[Tom Hooper]], [[Stephen Frears]], [[Shane Meadows]], and [[Lenny Abrahamson]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moviemaker.com/archives/interviews/danny-cohen-the-program-room-danish-girl/|title=Shot for Shot: DP Danny Cohen Discusses Three Key Scenes from The Program, Room and The Danish Girl|date=2016-03-18|website=MovieMaker Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-09}}</ref> He has worked with Hooper on five occasions: ''[[Longford (film)|Longford]]'' (2006), ''[[John Adams (miniseries)|John Adams]]'' (2008), ''[[The King's Speech]]'' (2010), ''[[Les Misérables (2012 film)|Les Misérables]]'' (2012), and ''[[The Danish Girl (film)|The Danish Girl]]'' (2015). He was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography]] for ''The King's Speech,''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12540386|title=What is a cinematographer?|date=25 February 2011|work=BBC News|accessdate=31 May 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecinematographer.info/articles/45-danny-cohen-the-kings-speech.html
|title=Danny Cohen BSC on The King's Speech|date=|work=British Cinematographer|accessdate=31 May 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-dec-07-la-en-lights-king-20101207-story.html|title=Lights, Cameras … Cinematographer Danny Cohen on 'The King's Speech'|date=7 December 2010|newspaper=LA Times|access-date=31 May 2012 }}</ref> the [[BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography]] for ''Les Miserables'', and the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or Movie|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series]] for ''John Adams''.

==Filmography==
===Short film===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Notes
|-
| 1998
| ''The Snatching of Bookie Bob''
| [[John Sharian]]
|
|-
| 1999
| ''Wiper''
| Marc Charach
|
|-
| 2001
| ''My Other Wheelchair Is a Porsche''
| Ravi Kumar
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2002
| ''About Time 2''
| [[Mike Figgis]]
| Segment of ''[[Ten Minutes Older: The Cello]]''
|-
| ''[[My Wrongs 8245–8249 & 117]]''
| [[Chris Morris (satirist)|Chris Morris]]
|
|-
| 2004
| ''Old Street''
| Angus Jackson
|
|-
| 2005
| ''Rob of the Rovers''
| Ashley Horner
|
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Scummy Man]]''
| Paul Fraser
|
|-
| 2011
| ''Jess//Jim''
| [[Luke Snellin]]
|
|-
|}

===Feature film===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Dead Babies (film)|Dead Babies]]''
| William Marsh
|-
|rowspan=3| 2004
| ''[[Only Human (2004 film)|Only Human]]''
| Dominic Harari<br>Teresa Pelegri
|-
| ''[[Creep (2004 film)|Creep]]''
| [[Christopher Smith (director)|Christopher Smith]]
|-
| ''[[Dead Man's Shoes (2004 film)|Dead Man's Shoes]]''
| [[Shane Meadows]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2005
| ''[[Festival (2005 film)|Festival]]''
| [[Annie Griffin]]
|-
| ''[[Pierrepoint (film)|Pierrepoint]]''
| [[Adrian Shergold]]
|-
| ''33X Around the Sun''
| [[John Hardwick (director)|John Hardwick]]
|-
| 2006
| ''[[This Is England]]''
| Shane Meadows
|-
|rowspan=2| 2009
| ''[[The Boat That Rocked]]''
| [[Richard Curtis]]
|-
| ''[[Glorious 39]]''
| [[Stephen Poliakoff]]
|-
| 2010
| ''[[The King's Speech]]''
| [[Tom Hooper]]
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Johnny English Reborn]]''
| [[Oliver Parker]]
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Les Misérables (2012 film)|Les Misérables]]''
| Tom Hooper
|-
| 2014
| ''[[X+Y]]''
| [[Morgan Matthews (filmmaker)|Morgan Matthews]]
|-
|rowspan=4|2015
| ''[[London Road (film)|London Road]]''
| [[Rufus Norris]]
|-
| ''[[Room (2015 film)|Room]]''
| [[Lenny Abrahamson]]
|-
| ''[[The Danish Girl (film)|The Danish Girl]]''
| Tom Hooper
|-
| ''[[The Program (2015 film)|The Program]]''
|rowspan=2| [[Stephen Frears]]
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Florence Foster Jenkins (film)|Florence Foster Jenkins]]''
|-
|rowspan=3|2017
| ''[[Final Portrait]]''
| [[Stanley Tucci]]
|-
| ''[[Victoria & Abdul]]''
| Stephen Frears
|-
| ''[[Disobedience (2017 film)|Disobedience]]''
| [[Sebastián Lelio]]
|-
| 2018
| ''[[King of Thieves (2018 film)|King of Thieves]]''
| [[James Marsh (director)|James Marsh]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2020
| ''[[Downhill (2020 film)|Downhill]]''
| [[Nat Faxon]]<br>[[Jim Rash]]
|-
| ''[[Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga]]''
| [[David Dobkin (director)|David Dobkin]]
|}

===Television===
'''TV movies'''
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
|-
| 2001
| ''Baited Breath''
| Jon Wilson
|-
| 2002
| ''Daddy's Girl''
| [[Bill Eagles]]
|-
|rowspan=2| 2006
| ''[[Longford (film)|Longford]]''
| [[Tom Hooper]]
|-
| ''[[Born Equal]]''
| [[Dominic Savage]]
|-
|rowspan=4| 2007
| ''[[Coming Down the Mountain]]''
| [[Julie Anne Robinson]]
|-
| ''[[Joe's Palace]]''
|rowspan=3| [[Stephen Poliakoff]]
|-
| ''A Real Summer''
|-
| ''[[Capturing Mary]]''
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Poppy Shakespeare]]''
| [[Benjamin Ross]]
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Dive (TV series)|Dive]]''
| Dominic Savage
|-
| 2019
| ''[[Brexit: The Uncivil War]]''
| [[Toby Haynes]]
|}

'''Documentary film'''
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Notes
|-
| 2008
| ''Portraits of a Lady''
| [[Neil Leifer]]
| With Peter Franchella and Howie Leifer
|-
|}

'''TV series'''
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Notes
|-
| 1999-2001
| ''Shockers''
| [[David Blair (director)|David Blair]]<br>[[Bharat Nalluri]]
| Episodes "Ibiza - £99 Return" and "Cyclops"
|-
| 2003
| ''[[The Book Group]]''
| [[Annie Griffin]]
| Season 2
|-
|rowspan=2| 2005
| ''[[Nathan Barley]]''
| [[Chris Morris (satirist)|Chris Morris]]
| All 6 episodes
|-
| ''[[Murder in Suburbia]]''
| Roger Goldby
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2012
| ''[[The Hollow Crown (TV series)|The Hollow Crown]]''
| [[Rupert Goold]]
| Episode "[[Richard II (The Hollow Crown)|Richard II]]"
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Slow Horses]]''
| [[James Hawes]]
| 12 episodes
|}

'''Miniseries'''
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Notes
|-
| 2002
| ''Menace''
| [[Bill Eagles]]
|
|-
| 2008
| ''[[John Adams (miniseries)|John Adams]]''
| [[Tom Hooper]]
| Episodes "Don't Tread on Me" and "Reunion" (With [[Tak Fujimoto]])
|-
| 2010
| ''[[This Is England '86]]''
| [[Tom Harper (director)|Tom Harper]]<br>[[Shane Meadows]]
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2011
| ''[[This Is England '88]]''
| Shane Meadows
|
|-
| 2018
| ''[[A Very English Scandal (TV series)|A Very English Scandal]]''
| [[Stephen Frears]]
|
|-
| 2013
| ''[[The Gallows Pole (TV series)|The Gallows Pole]]''
| Shane Meadows
|
|}

==Awards and nominations==
'''Academy Awards'''
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Category
! Result
|-
| 2010
| ''The King's Speech''
| [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| {{nom}}
|}

'''BAFTA Awards'''
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Category
! Result
|-
| 2010
| ''The King's Speech''
|rowspan="2"| [[BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2012
| ''Les Misérables''
| {{nom}}
|-
|}

'''American Society of Cinematographers'''
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Category
! Result
|-
| 2010
| ''The King's Speech''
|rowspan=2| [[American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases|Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2012
| ''Les Misérables''
| {{nom}}
|}

'''Emmy Awards'''
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Category
! Result
|-
| 2008
| ''John Adams''
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series]] <small>(For episode "Don't Tread on Me")</small>
| {{nom}}
|}


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0169299|Danny Cohen}}
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0169299/ IMDb Profile]
*[http://unitedagents.co.uk/danny-cohen-bsc United Agents Profile]
*[http://unitedagents.co.uk/danny-cohen-bsc United Agents profile]


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Danny Cohen
Born
Daniel Cohen

1963 (age 61–62)
London, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationCinematographer
Years active1994–present

Daniel Cohen (born 1963) is an English cinematographer.[1][2] A member of the British Society of Cinematographers, he has worked on many feature films and television series, and is known for his collaborations with Tom Hooper, Stephen Frears, Shane Meadows, and Lenny Abrahamson.[3] He has worked with Hooper on five occasions: Longford (2006), John Adams (2008), The King's Speech (2010), Les Misérables (2012), and The Danish Girl (2015). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for The King's Speech,[4][5][6] the BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography for Les Miserables, and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series for John Adams.

Filmography

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Short film

[edit]
Year Title Director Notes
1998 The Snatching of Bookie Bob John Sharian
1999 Wiper Marc Charach
2001 My Other Wheelchair Is a Porsche Ravi Kumar
2002 About Time 2 Mike Figgis Segment of Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
My Wrongs 8245–8249 & 117 Chris Morris
2004 Old Street Angus Jackson
2005 Rob of the Rovers Ashley Horner
2006 Scummy Man Paul Fraser
2011 Jess//Jim Luke Snellin

Feature film

[edit]
Year Title Director
2000 Dead Babies William Marsh
2004  Only Human Dominic Harari
Teresa Pelegri
Creep Christopher Smith
Dead Man's Shoes Shane Meadows
2005 Festival Annie Griffin
Pierrepoint Adrian Shergold
33X Around the Sun John Hardwick
2006 This Is England Shane Meadows
2009 The Boat That Rocked Richard Curtis
Glorious 39 Stephen Poliakoff
2010 The King's Speech Tom Hooper
2011 Johnny English Reborn Oliver Parker
2012 Les Misérables Tom Hooper
2014 X+Y Morgan Matthews
2015 London Road Rufus Norris
Room Lenny Abrahamson
The Danish Girl Tom Hooper
The Program Stephen Frears
2016 Florence Foster Jenkins
2017 Final Portrait Stanley Tucci
Victoria & Abdul Stephen Frears
Disobedience Sebastián Lelio
2018 King of Thieves James Marsh
2020 Downhill Nat Faxon
Jim Rash
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga David Dobkin

Television

[edit]

TV movies

Year Title Director
2001 Baited Breath Jon Wilson
2002 Daddy's Girl Bill Eagles
2006 Longford Tom Hooper
Born Equal Dominic Savage
2007 Coming Down the Mountain Julie Anne Robinson
Joe's Palace Stephen Poliakoff
A Real Summer
Capturing Mary
2008 Poppy Shakespeare Benjamin Ross
2010 Dive Dominic Savage
2019 Brexit: The Uncivil War Toby Haynes

Documentary film

Year Title Director Notes
2008 Portraits of a Lady Neil Leifer With Peter Franchella and Howie Leifer

TV series

Year Title Director Notes
1999-2001 Shockers David Blair
Bharat Nalluri 		Episodes "Ibiza - £99 Return" and "Cyclops"
2003 The Book Group Annie Griffin Season 2
2005 Nathan Barley Chris Morris All 6 episodes
Murder in Suburbia Roger Goldby 2 episodes
2012 The Hollow Crown Rupert Goold Episode "Richard II"
2022 Slow Horses James Hawes 12 episodes

Miniseries

Year Title Director Notes
2002 Menace Bill Eagles
2008 John Adams Tom Hooper Episodes "Don't Tread on Me" and "Reunion" (With Tak Fujimoto)
2010 This Is England '86 Tom Harper
Shane Meadows 		2 episodes
2011 This Is England '88 Shane Meadows
2018 A Very English Scandal Stephen Frears
2013 The Gallows Pole Shane Meadows

Awards and nominations

[edit]

Academy Awards

Year Title Category Result
2010 The King's Speech Best Cinematography Nominated

BAFTA Awards

Year Title Category Result
2010 The King's Speech Best Cinematography Nominated
2012 Les Misérables Nominated

American Society of Cinematographers

Year Title Category Result
2010 The King's Speech Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography Nominated
2012 Les Misérables Nominated

Emmy Awards

Year Title Category Result
2008 John Adams Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series (For episode "Don't Tread on Me") Nominated

References

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  1. ^ "DANNY COHEN BSC - CINEMATOGRAPHER". www.dannycohendp.com. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  2. ^ "DANNY COHEN". www.cinematographers.nl. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Shot for Shot: DP Danny Cohen Discusses Three Key Scenes from The Program, Room and The Danish Girl". MovieMaker Magazine. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  4. ^ "What is a cinematographer?". BBC News. 25 February 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  5. ^ "Danny Cohen BSC on The King's Speech". British Cinematographer. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  6. ^ "Lights, Cameras … Cinematographer Danny Cohen on 'The King's Speech'". LA Times. 7 December 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
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