Biography

Jem Cohen works in film, photography and installation. His 40 films include feature-length works such as Benjamin Smoke (2000), Chain (2004) and Empires Of Tin (2008). Much of his work is commissioned and has been shown at festivals, museums and events throughout the Americas and Europe. Cohen has also collaborated with musicians including Patti Smith, Terry Riley, Fugazi, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, DJ Rupture, R.E.M. and Vic Chesnutt, as well as writer, Luc Sante. A book about Cohen’s work Signal Fires: The Cinema of Jem Cohen was published in 2010.