Bonni Cohen

Directing

Bonni Cohen

Born January 1, 197528 credits

Bonni Cohen is an American documentary film producer and director. She is the co-founder of Actual Films and has produced and directed an array of award-winning films. Most recently, she produced the Oscar-nominated film Lead Me Home, which premiered at the 2021 Telluride Film Festival and is a Netflix Original. She also recently co-directed Athlete A, which won an Emmy for Outstanding Investigative Documentary and received four nominations from the Critics’ Choice Awards. She is the co-founder of Actual Films, the production company of the documentaries An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, Audrie & Daisy, 3.5 Minutes, The Island President, Lost Boys of Sudan and The Rape of Europa. Cohen is the co-founder of the Catapult Film Fund.

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Filmography

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2025Art and Science Collide
Executive ProducerMovie
Vivien’s Wild Ride
2025Vivien’s Wild Ride
Executive ProducerMovie
Mercedes
2025Mercedes
Executive ProducerMovie
Night of Nights
2024Night of Nights
Executive ProducerMovie
One with the Whale
2023One with the Whale
Executive ProducerMovie
LIFT
2023LIFT
Executive ProducerMovie
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2022Make a Splash
DirectorMovie
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2022Surf Nation
Executive ProducerMovie
Athlete A
2020Athlete A
DirectorMovie
J
2019Just Breathe
DirectorMovie
The Seer and the Unseen
2019The Seer and the Unseen
Executive ProducerMovie
Life Overtakes Me
2019Life Overtakes Me
Executive ProducerMovie
T
2017Truth in Ten
DirectorMovie
When God Sleeps
2017When God Sleeps
Executive ProducerMovie
Audrie & Daisy
2016Audrie & Daisy
DirectorMovie
Extremis
2016Extremis
Executive ProducerMovie
3 ½ Minutes, 10 Bullets
20153 ½ Minutes, 10 Bullets
Executive ProducerMovie
Art and Craft
2014Art and Craft
Executive ProducerMovie
Explorer
1985Explorer
DirectorTV