filmmaker
JIMMY COHEN
Film Director - Editor
EDITOR´S REEL
PROJECTS
Showcase of editing and directing Work
TRES BRUJAS / THREE WITCHES (2024)
In Post-production
Directed by Jimmy Cohen
Produced by Eugenia Montiel Pagés
Three Witches is a critical documentary that exposes the human rights violations suffered by innocent women in Chhattisgarh, India, who face brutal persecution under accusations of witchcraft. The film draws poignant connections to historical witch hunts in Zugarramurdi, Spain, and Bamberg, Germany, revealing how the concept of "otherness" has perpetuated such injustices across time. By contrasting these abuses with the empowered witch community in Los Angeles, California, "Tres Brujas" highlights a narrative of resilience and empowerment. This documentary aims to amplify the voices of the oppressed and advance the global dialogue on human rights, justice, and the challenge of overcoming biases rooted in the fear of the "other."
BLOODY FAMOUS (2022)
Directed by Steve Balderson
Edited by Jimmy Cohen
Celebrating the extremes people go for fame and love, this thrilling series blends “Bachelorette” with “Hunger Games.” Each season, a bachelor or bachelorette leads a dangerous dating show where love is a high-stakes game – elimination equals death.
Paddle Out (2023)
Directed by Sebi Lee
Edited by Jimmy Cohen
After surviving a close encounter with her disease and undergoing a double lung transplant, Melissa had to claw her way back from rock bottom to return to the water she loved. Despite the obstacles, her partner Joey adapted and redefined the process of surfing, helping her pursue her dream of being out on the water.
EL REY DE LA FIESTA (2021)
Directed by Salomon Askenazi
Edited by Jimmy Cohen
A man going through an emotional crisis takes on the identity of his brother for a week, thinking that his twin is dead.
ALCHEMY OF THE SPIRIT (2021)
Directed by Steve Balderson
Edited by Jimmy Cohen
Artist Oliver Black(Xander Berkeley)wakes to discover his wife Evelyn(Sarah Clarke)has died in their bed overnight. Brimming with magical realism, we enter a world in which the misconceptions of our belief in a solid reality are revealed.
El punto de las líneas es saber a dónde llevan (2020)
Directed by Elena Guerra
Edited by Jimmy Cohen
Liliana takes the Mexico City subway with no apparent destination. Throughout her journey, she thinks of her father, making peace with bittersweet memories lurking around.
CORONAS NEGRAS / BLACK CROWNS (2021)
Directed by André Lo
Edited by Jimmy Cohen
The hairstyles of four Afro-descendant people from Mexican - Senegalese families, represent the starting point to reflect, through memories that emerge from their past and present, what it is
like to live in México wearing a Black Crown and
the consequences that implies.
FARM TO T.V. (2020)
Directed by Steve Balderson
Edited by Jimmy Cohen
FARM to TV is the first comedy special from up and coming comedian Preston Taylor as he shares stories about his upbringing in a small country farm town in Texas to his wild days in Los Angeles.
STOP DROPÂ & SWALLOW (2018)
Directed by Steve Balderson
Edited by Jimmy Cohen
Music video for Jane Wiedlin´s band Elettrdomestico
PARAISO PERDIDO (2017)
Directed by Oliver Victoria
Edited by Jimmy Cohen
The nostalgia for a sacred place and the desire to re-conquer what was once lost, transform this story in an invitation to dream the Lost Paradise. It is a reconstruction of the lost continent Atlantis, which is produced in the Azorean islands in Portugal. Between mythology and esotericism, surrounded by an astonishing nature, everything there has become sacred and magical, geography and history have become a game of believing, a bet on the incredible and as well an ode to our existence.
OMAR Y GLORIA (2017)
Directed by Jimmy Cohen
Produced by Paula Astorga and Erik Majzner
Omar and Gloria dance Danzon. Gloria who is 80 years old is a woman full of light. For over 15 years Omar has been her accomplice and dancing partner. Omar and Gloria are mother and son. As part of their daily lives, they record themselves regularly. They capture every moment of their lives as amateur filmmakers, whilst also becoming their own audience. Omar relates to life through Gloria. She relates to the world through her video camera. Together, they both tell a unique life story told through music in dancing halls, their lived and recorded memories, and the traditional 11 steps set by every good Danzon.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICS (2016)
Edited by Jimmy Cohen
2 Episodes
T.V. series about the situation in Cuba
EL TERCER SENDERO (2013)
A film by Jimmy Cohen and Erik Majzner
The Third Path is a non narrative essay film that explores the frontiers between reason and passion, between life & death, between reality and reflection, between work and fun, between the ordinary & the mythical. Through various characters, places and sceneries we witness the abandonment left behind by progress, along with the creation that arises from abandonment. Abandonment is shown through an ex mining town in which reason and power plowed by 70 years ago. It is here amongst the ruins where an alternate path begins between the monsters of reason and poetry.
EL TROMPETISTA (2011)
A short film by Jimmy Cohen and Victor Shuchleib
Phino is a trumpet player who lives for music. One night, after a performance, he becomes a victim of the insecurity that plagues the city and suffers an assault. After being brutally beaten, Phino is left deaf. This pushes him to the limits of his own existence.
Spring Quesadilla Tour
Shot and edited by Jimmy Cohen
Produced by Victor Shuchleib
A series of videos of the Spring Quesadilla Tour 2011 in Riviera Maya and Mexico City, highlighting bands like Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Local Natives, OK go and Yeasayer.
MUSIC
Grushenko
Zehel
CONTACT
KUROSAWA'S GRAVE (2021)
Directed by Ben Lopez
Editing and sound design by Jimmy Cohen
Music by Zehel
Viewed through the eyes of an expert cinephile, this pilgrimage to Japan and love letter to Akira Kurosawa will transport the audience to a moment where modernity meets nostalgia.