Norman Cohn (film producer)
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Norman Cohn is an American
born Canadian
film director and producer best known for his work on films Atanarjuat
and The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
.
Along with director Zacharias Kunuk
, he co-founded the first Inuit
owned (75%) production company
, Isuma
and is the secretary-treasurer.
Born in New York
, Cohn has lived most of his life in Igloolik, Nunavut
and Montreal
.
United States
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born Canadian
Canada
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film director and producer best known for his work on films Atanarjuat
Atanarjuat
Atanarjuat is a 2001 Canadian film directed by Zacharias Kunuk. It was the first feature film ever to be written, directed and acted entirely in Inuktitut...
and The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen is a 2006 Canadian-Danish film about the pressures on the traditional Inuit culture when explorer Knud Rasmussen introduces European cultural influences. Produced by Isuma, the film was directed by Zacharias Kunuk, who also directed the award-winning Inuit film...
.
Along with director Zacharias Kunuk
Zacharias Kunuk
Zacharias Kunuk, is a Canadian Inuk producer and director most notable for his film Atanarjuat, the first Canadian dramatic feature film produced completely in Inuktitut...
, he co-founded the first Inuit
Inuit
The Inuit are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Canada , Denmark , Russia and the United States . Inuit means “the people” in the Inuktitut language...
owned (75%) production company
Production company
A production company provides the physical basis for works in the realms of the performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, and video.- Tasks and functions :...
, Isuma
Isuma
Isuma is Canada's first Inuit production company co-founded by Zacharias Kunuk and Norman Cohn in Igloolik, Nunavut in 1990...
and is the secretary-treasurer.
Born in New York
New York City
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, Cohn has lived most of his life in Igloolik, Nunavut
Nunavut
Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...
and Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
.