This five-time Oscar-winning distinguished Swiss-born international producer has played an important role in distributing a wide range of foreign and documentary films in the USA. Cohn's first notable success was the Oscar-winning documentary "Le ciel et la boue/The Sky Above, the Mud Below" (1961). Later, he teamed with Vittorio de Sica, handling most of the master director's final films, including the Oscar-winning study of two Jewish families who cannot escape their destiny in the second World War, the highly-acclaimed "The Garden of the Finzi-Continis" (1971).Cohn continued his string of
First major producing credit, the Oscar-winning documentary "Le ciel et la boue/The Sky Above, the Mud Below"
1967
Produced Vittorio de Sica's "Woman Times Seven"
1971
Produced de Sica's "The Garden of the Finzi-Continas", which won the Best Foreign Film Oscar and the Golden Bear of the International Film Festival of Berlin
1973
Last collaboration with de Sica, "Una Breve Vacanza/A Brief Vacation"; film received the European Film Prize as best film of the year
1976
Earned second Best Foreign Film Academy Award for "Black and White in Color", directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
