Norman Cohen
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
-
Birthday
1936-06-11
Day of Death
1983-10-26 (47 years old)
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
Norman Cohen
Biography
Norman Cohen (11 June 1936 in Dublin – 26 October 1983 in Van Nuys, California) was an Irish film director and producer, best known for directing two feature films based on television comedy programmes, Till Death Us Do Part (1969) and Dad's Army (1971). He was also a director of several of the Confessions of... sex comedy series: Confessions of a Pop Performer (1975), Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976) and Confessions from a Holiday Camp (1977).
In addition to those films, he also produced as well as directed the adaptation of Spike Milligan's Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (1973),[1][2] and the comedy sequel Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers (1977). Cohen's first film production was The London Nobody Knows (1967) narrated by James Mason and his final film was Burning Rubber (1981).
In the Fall of 1982 he directed his only stage production; Woody Allen's "Play It Again, Sam" at Theatr Clwyd (National Theatre of Wales). The cast included; Nic d'avirro, Julia St. John, Julie Richmond, Sara Mason, Carl Davis, Jennifer Franks, and starred Trent Richards (aka Richard Trent) as Allen. The production later toured to Cardiff, Wales where it ran at the Sherman Theatre.
Norman died after suffering a heart attack in 1983.
Known For
Crew
(1995)
The Way West
Producer's Assistant
(1985)
The Lion's Share
Writer, Director
(1981)
Burning Rubber
Director
(1981)
The Funhouse
First Assistant Director, Unit Production Manager
(1981)
Thin Ice
Producer
(1977)
Confessions from a Holiday Camp
Director
(1977)
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
Director
(1976)
(1975)
Confessions of a Pop Performer
Director
(1974)
Confessions of a Window Cleaner
Executive Producer
(1973)
Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall
Director, Writer
(1973)
Paganini Strikes Again
Supervising Editor
(1973)
Hail
Executive Producer
(1971)
Dad's Army
Director
(1969)
Till Death Us Do Part
Director
(1968)
The London Nobody Knows
Director, Producer
(1966)
Brendan Behan's Dublin
Director, Producer
(1964)
London in the Raw
Director
(1964)
Delayed Flight
Editor
(1963)
Breath of Life
Producer
(1962)