Robert Cohen (writer)

This article is about the writer. For other people with the same name, see Robert Cohen (disambiguation).

Robert Cohen
Occupation	Writer, director

Robert Cohen, also known as Rob Cohen, is a Canadian comedy writer. He was raised in Calgary, Alberta and has written for The Simpsons, The Wonder Years, The Ben Stiller Show, MADtv, Just Shoot Me!, Father of the Pride, and American Dad!. He has worked on The Big Bang Theory as co-executive producer (16 episodes) and writer (4 episodes). He is the older brother of recurring Simpsons writer Joel H. Cohen.

He won a 1993 Primetime Emmy Award for his work on The Ben Stiller Show.

Cohen also works as a director for television and commercials, including both seasons of the IFC show Maron.

He and frequent collaborator Dana Gould co-created the 1998 cult show Super Adventure Team for MTV, and is a frequent performer at Uncabaret.

According to Arden Myrin and Dana Gould (former writer and co-executive producer of The Simpsons), Rob Cohen inspired the Simpsons character Milhouse.^[1]

Directoral credits

Maron (television series)
- "Sex-fest"
- "Jen Moves To L.A."
- "Couples Therapy"
- "Radio Cowboy"
- "Marc on The Talking Dead"
- "Desert Road Trip"
Pop Chips (commercial campaign)
Ford Focus (commercial campaign)
AT&T/HBO (commercial campaign)
Queso/Kraft (commercial campaign)
Eddie Murphy:One Night Only (segment director)
Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis Debate Children (promo for "The Campaign")
HBO's Funny or Die Presents
The Imponderables (pilot)
The Morning Show Pilot
Being Canadian (feature documentary)

Awards

Year	Recipient/Nominated work	Award	Result
1993	The Ben Stiller Show	Emmys "Outstanding individual achievement in Writing in a Variety or Music Program"	Won^[2]

Year	Recipient/Nominated work	Award	Result
2004	In recognition of extraordinary courage shown in... efforts to advance animation organizing	Robert Metzler Award	Won^[3]

Year	Recipient/Nominated work	Award	Result
2016	Being Canadian	Writers Guild of America Award "Best Documentary Screenplay"	Template:Nomination

References

↑ "The Dana Gould Hour" for 2014-10-14 around 13m30s. Retrieved 2014-11-15
↑ "THE BEN STILLER SHOW". emmys.com. Retrieved 2013-01-10.
↑ "THE ROBERT MELTZER AWARD". wga.org. Retrieved 2013-01-10.

External links

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series (1990–99)

Billy Crystal / Jerry Belson, James L. Brooks, Marc Flanagan, Dinah Kirgo, Jay Kogen, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Heide Perlman, Ian Praiser, Sam Simon, Tracey Ullman and Wallace Wolodarsky (1990, tie) Billy Crystal, Hal Kanter, Buz Kohan, David Steinberg, Bruce Vilanch and Robert Wuhl (1991) No award (1992) Judd Apatow, Robert Cohen, David Cross, Brent Forrester, Jeff Kahn, Bruce Kirschbaum, Bob Odenkirk, Sultan Pepper, Dino Stamatopoulos and Ben Stiller (1993) No award (1994) No award (1995) David Feldman, Eddie Feldmann, Mike Gandolfi, Tom Hertz, Leah Krinsky, Dennis Miller and Rick Overton (1996) Chris Rock (1997) Jose Arroyo, David Feldman, Eddie Feldmann, Jim Hanna, Leah Krinsky, Dennis Miller and David Weiss (1998) Tom Agna, Vernon Chatman, Louis C.K., Lance Crouther, Gregory Greenberg, Ali LeRoi, Steve O'Donnell, Chris Rock, Frank Sebastiano, Chuck Sklar, Jeff Stilson, Wanda Sykes and Mike Upchurch (1999)

Complete list (1957–1969) (1970–1979) (1980–1989) (1990–1999) (2000–2009) (2010–2019)

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