Rob Cohen

Biography

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).

Known For

The Fast and the Furious

as Pizza Hut Delivery Guy (uncredited)

xXx

as Columbian Horseman (uncredited)

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

as Enter The Dragon Director

The Skulls

as College Lecturer (uncredited)

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

as Self

I Am Paul Walker

as Self

How Bruce Lee Changed the World

as Self

Michael Jackson: Man In The Mirror

as Self - Executive VP, Motown Records

Vanishing Son IV

as Teacher Benton

Vanishing Son

as Teacher Beaton