Bonni Cohen

Directing

Bonni Cohen

Born

1975-01-01 (51)

Known for

Directing

Credits

26 titles

Bonni Cohen is an American documentary film producer and director. She is the co-founder of Actual Films and has produced and directed an array of award-winning films. Most recently, she produced the Oscar-nominated film Lead Me Home, which premiered at the 2021 Telluride Film Festival and is a Netflix Original. She also recently co-directed Athlete A, which won an Emmy for Outstanding Investigative Documentary and received four nominations from the Critics’ Choice Awards. She is the co-founder of Actual Films, the production company of the documentaries An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, Audrie & Daisy, 3.5 Minutes, The Island President, Lost Boys of Sudan and The Rape of Europa. Cohen…

Known for

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power poster
6.6

A decade after An Inconvenient Truth brought climate change into the heart of popular culture comes the riveting and rousing follow-up that shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution. Vice President Al Gore continues his tireless fight, traveling around the world training an army of climate champions and influencing international climate policy. Cameras follow him behind the scenes—in moments private and public, funny and poignant—as he pursues the empowering notion that while the stakes have never been higher, the perils of climate change can be overcome with human ingenuity and passion.

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

2017

The White House Effect poster
6.0

Exploring the dramatic origin story of the climate crisis and how a political battle in the George H.W. Bush administration changed the course of history.

The White House Effect

2024

Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore poster
7.3

In 1987, Marlee Matlin became the first Deaf actor to win an Academy Award and was thrust into the spotlight at 21 years old. Reflecting on her life in her primary language of American Sign Language, Marlee explores the complexities of what it means to be a trailblazer.

Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore

2025

Athlete A poster
7.5

Follow the Indianapolis Star reporters that broke the story about USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar's abuse and hear from gymnasts.

Athlete A

2020

In Waves and War poster
6.8

Three Navy SEALs leave their tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan with treatment-resistant, unrelenting psychological pain. They find themselves at the cutting edge of a different frontline: a lifesaving psychedelic therapy that brings healing to a community in urgent need.

In Waves and War

2024

Open Outcry poster
NR

A fascinating look at the high-speed, high-power trading floor of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Director Jon Else explores this hectic, noisy, seemingly chaotic workplace with his signature style -- eschewing narration in favor of long, real-time shots that bring the viewer right into the heart-stopping action of the trading floor. He reveals the traders' sudden wealth, sudden disaster, and grace under pressure as they exchange billions of dollars in futures and options contracts - for cattle, pork bellies, Eurodollars and the Nasdaq-100 futures. Also revealed is the endangerment of the open outcry trading system as the digital revolution replaces it at many of the world's financial exchanges.

Open Outcry

2001

Behind the camera

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power poster
6.6

A decade after An Inconvenient Truth brought climate change into the heart of popular culture comes the riveting and rousing follow-up that shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution. Vice President Al Gore continues his tireless fight, traveling around the world training an army of climate champions and influencing international climate policy. Cameras follow him behind the scenes—in moments private and public, funny and poignant—as he pursues the empowering notion that while the stakes have never been higher, the perils of climate change can be overcome with human ingenuity and passion.

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

2017

The White House Effect poster
6.0

Exploring the dramatic origin story of the climate crisis and how a political battle in the George H.W. Bush administration changed the course of history.

The White House Effect

2024

The White House Effect poster
6.0

Exploring the dramatic origin story of the climate crisis and how a political battle in the George H.W. Bush administration changed the course of history.

The White House Effect

2024

Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore poster
7.3

In 1987, Marlee Matlin became the first Deaf actor to win an Academy Award and was thrust into the spotlight at 21 years old. Reflecting on her life in her primary language of American Sign Language, Marlee explores the complexities of what it means to be a trailblazer.

Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore

2025

Athlete A poster
7.5

Follow the Indianapolis Star reporters that broke the story about USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar's abuse and hear from gymnasts.

Athlete A

2020

In Waves and War poster
6.8

Three Navy SEALs leave their tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan with treatment-resistant, unrelenting psychological pain. They find themselves at the cutting edge of a different frontline: a lifesaving psychedelic therapy that brings healing to a community in urgent need.

In Waves and War

2024

In Waves and War poster
6.8

Three Navy SEALs leave their tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan with treatment-resistant, unrelenting psychological pain. They find themselves at the cutting edge of a different frontline: a lifesaving psychedelic therapy that brings healing to a community in urgent need.

In Waves and War

2024

Open Outcry poster
NR

A fascinating look at the high-speed, high-power trading floor of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Director Jon Else explores this hectic, noisy, seemingly chaotic workplace with his signature style -- eschewing narration in favor of long, real-time shots that bring the viewer right into the heart-stopping action of the trading floor. He reveals the traders' sudden wealth, sudden disaster, and grace under pressure as they exchange billions of dollars in futures and options contracts - for cattle, pork bellies, Eurodollars and the Nasdaq-100 futures. Also revealed is the endangerment of the open outcry trading system as the digital revolution replaces it at many of the world's financial exchanges.

Open Outcry

2001

Audrie & Daisy poster
7.2

A documentary film about three cases of rape, that includes the stories of two American high school students, Audrie Pott and Daisy Coleman. At the time of the sexual assaults, Pott was 15 and Coleman was 14 years old. After the assaults, the victims and their families were subjected to abuse and cyberbullying.

Audrie & Daisy

2016

Audrie & Daisy poster
7.2

A documentary film about three cases of rape, that includes the stories of two American high school students, Audrie Pott and Daisy Coleman. At the time of the sexual assaults, Pott was 15 and Coleman was 14 years old. After the assaults, the victims and their families were subjected to abuse and cyberbullying.

Audrie & Daisy

2016

Lead Me Home poster
6.3

Poignant stories of homelessness on the West Coast of the US frame this cinematic portrait of a surging humanitarian crisis.

Lead Me Home

2021

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0.5

Drawing upon recently declassified documents, archival footage and behind-the-scenes interviews, "Wonders Are Many: The Making of 'Doctor Atomic'" chronicles the creation of the monumental opera based on the mysterious and paradoxical “father of the atomic bomb,” Dr. Robert Oppenheimer, as his team prepares to detonate the world’s first atomic weapon.

Wonders Are Many: The Making of Doctor Atomic

2013

The Rape of Europa poster
7.4

World War II was not just the most destructive conflict in humanity, it was also the greatest theft in history: lives, families, communities, property, culture and heritage were all stolen. The story of Nazi Germany's plundering of Europe's great works of art during World War II and Allied efforts to minimize the damage.

The Rape of Europa

2007

The Rape of Europa poster
7.4

World War II was not just the most destructive conflict in humanity, it was also the greatest theft in history: lives, families, communities, property, culture and heritage were all stolen. The story of Nazi Germany's plundering of Europe's great works of art during World War II and Allied efforts to minimize the damage.

The Rape of Europa

2007

The Rape of Europa poster
7.4

World War II was not just the most destructive conflict in humanity, it was also the greatest theft in history: lives, families, communities, property, culture and heritage were all stolen. The story of Nazi Germany's plundering of Europe's great works of art during World War II and Allied efforts to minimize the damage.

The Rape of Europa

2007

The Island President poster
6.1

Follows the globe-trotting journey of President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives, the lowest-lying country in the world, who, after bringing democracy to his country, takes up the fight to keep it from disappearing under the sea.

The Island President

2012

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NR

An upcoming documentary about the series.

Untitled Gilmore Girls Documentary

No artwork available
NR

An upcoming documentary about the series.

Untitled Gilmore Girls Documentary

No artwork available
NR

The climate crisis affects all of us. But together we can solve it. That is why Al Gore created the “Truth in 10” slideshow, a 10-minute presentation anyone can use to share the truth of what’s happening to our planet and the solutions in our hands. The presentation breaks down the science of global warming and how rising greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels lead to more and more extreme weather events and impacts from rising seas to fast-spreading disease. Just as important, “Truth in 10” explains how we can solve this crisis and create a better future for all with a just transition to clean energy, using the tools and technology here today. All in simple and easy-to-understand terms any audience can follow.

Truth in Ten

2017

Kofi Annan: Eye of the Storm poster
8.0

A cinema verité-style documentary distributed by the BBC, created by Actual Films, that provides a behind-the-scenes look at Annan's work as UN Secretary-General.

Kofi Annan: Eye of the Storm

1998

Kofi Annan: Eye of the Storm poster
8.0

A cinema verité-style documentary distributed by the BBC, created by Actual Films, that provides a behind-the-scenes look at Annan's work as UN Secretary-General.

Kofi Annan: Eye of the Storm

1998

No artwork available
NR

Splash, a team within the San Diego Women’s Basketball Association composed of women 85 and up are forever changed by the sisterhood that comes from being in a league of their own.

Make a Splash

2022

No artwork available
NR

Just Breathe

2019

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NR

Focuses on three elderly Jews living out their retirement years in Miami Beach. They talk of searching for the fountain of youth, about the Jewish community that has thrived in this unlikely setting, and the inevitability of growing old and losing friends. Captures the subjects' thoughts and memories, as well as the contrast between the older and younger populations of modern Miami Beach.

Meet Me in Miami Beach

1994

No artwork available
NR

Focuses on three elderly Jews living out their retirement years in Miami Beach. They talk of searching for the fountain of youth, about the Jewish community that has thrived in this unlikely setting, and the inevitability of growing old and losing friends. Captures the subjects' thoughts and memories, as well as the contrast between the older and younger populations of modern Miami Beach.

Meet Me in Miami Beach

1994

No artwork available
NR

The story of World War II combat artists and their art.

They Drew Fire

2000