Arthur Cohn

Arthur Cohn ( born February 4, 1927 in Basel ) is a Swiss film producer and multiple Oscar winner.

Life

Cohn's father Marcus was a lawyer, his mother Rose wrote poetry and was a writer for the Cabaret Cornichon. His grandfather, Arthur Cohn was from 1885 to 1926, the first full-time rabbi of the Jewish community of Basel.

Arthur Cohn spent his youth and student years in Basel, followed by years as a journalist, including the echo time ( radio) and the preoccupation with the concept of scripts, which led him to film.

His most famous productions are The Garden of the Finzi Contini (1970), co-produced by Artur Brauner, Gianni Hecht Lucari and Fausto Saraceni, and The Les Choristes (2004) by Christophe Barratier, who was particularly successful in France. Several films of the Brazilian director Walter Salles were co-produced by him. Cohn's closest collaborator in the last three decades were Pierre Rothschild ( Zurich ) and Lillian Birnbaum (Paris).

Arthur Cohn received several honors for his work: The Boston University, Yeshiva University and the University of Basel, awarded him an honorary doctorate. 1995, the French Ministry of Culture honored him with the highest honor that a non-French citizen can receive. Cohn was the first non - US-based producer whose name a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame sheet. In addition, he was awarded in November 2005 as part of a charity gala with the UNESCO Award.

On the Basler Munster Square one Arthur Cohn Gala took place during the summer open-air cinema event held regularly, most recently on 27 July 2006. It was each listed and presented his latest production.

Oscar win

The documentaries Only sky and dirt (1960), American Dream (1990) and One Day in September ( 1999) won an Academy Award, the Cohn who accepted each one of the producers and award winners. Officially, the Academy awarded Cohn is thus three -time Oscar winner.

Arthur Cohn describes itself in press releases but always as a six-time Oscar winner and also has six Oscar statues in his possession. The other three were each awarded Oscars for best foreign language film, specifically The Garden of the Finzi Contini this ( Award 1972), longing for Africa ( Award 1977) and Dangerous trains ( Award 1985) were. However, producers can especially be honored only in documentaries with Oscar. The Oscar for best foreign language film, is awarded to the work as a whole and to the country, which submits the application. Such was indeed the main funders and Switzerland Cohn producer longing for Africa (France / Switzerland / Ivory Coast ), but the Academy was officially awarded to also mitproduzierende Ivory Coast ( einreichendes country) and the film as a whole.

Filmography

Awards

Academy Awards

BAFTA Awards

International Film Festival Berlin

Writings

  • The State of Israel - today. Frey, Basel 1950.
  • Athena Middle East unrest -Verlag, Basel, 1953.
  • Israel: how it lives and laughs. Maor Publisher, Jerusalem 1963.
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