Profile: Bruce Cohen - Producer - The 83rd Annual Academy Awards (2011) - Milk - American Beauty

Bruce Cohen and his producing partner Dan Jinks most recently produced MILK, directed by Gus Van Sant and starring Sean Penn as Harvey Milk. The film was nominated for 8 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won for Best Leading Actor and Best Original Screenplay. It was also nominated for Best Picture by the BAFTA's and the PGA, and received the PGA's Stanley Kramer Award. The pair won the Best Picture Academy Award in 2000 for producing AMERICAN BEAUTY. The film, which won a total of five Oscars, was the first film produced through The Jinks/Cohen Company. Their second film was the sex comedy DOWN WITH LOVE starring Renee Zellweger and Ewan McGregor. Next up was BIG FISH, which was nominated as Best Picture for both the Golden Globes and the BAFTAs. Other films include THE FORGOTTEN, starring Julianne Moore, and John August's directing debut, THE NINES, starring Ryan Reynolds and Hope Davis. We will discuss his life and career and the role of a producer in the industry today. You can email your questions to 123FilmEasy@Gmail.com and we'll answer them "LIVE ON AIR." Link: www.123FilmEasy.com. Follow us on "Twitter" at https://twitter.com/123Film.