About

Known credits:
27
Birthday:
1936-06-11
Place of birth:
Dublin, Ireland
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Norman Cohen

Overview

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

Directing
1985 The Lion's Share Directing Director N/A
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1981 Burning Rubber Directing Director 58
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1981 The Funhouse Directing First Assistant Director 58
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1977 Confessions from a Holiday Camp Directing Director 58
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1977 Stand up, Virgin Soldiers Directing Director 58
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1976 Confessions of a Driving Instructor Directing Director 58
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1975 Confessions of a Pop Performer Directing Director 58
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1973 Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall Directing Director 58
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1971 Dad's Army Directing Director 57
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1969 Till Death Us Do Part Directing Director 58
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1968 The London Nobody Knows Directing Director 58
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1968 Look at Life: There Ought to Be a Law Directing Director N/A
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1966 Brendan Behan's Dublin Directing Director N/A
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1964 London in the Raw Directing Director 58
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Writing
1985 The Lion's Share Writing Writer N/A
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1973 Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall Writing Writer 58
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Production
1995 The Way West Production Producer's Assistant N/A
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1981 The Funhouse Production Unit Production Manager 58
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1981 Thin Ice Production Producer N/A
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1974 Confessions of a Window Cleaner Production Executive Producer 58
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1973 Hail Production Executive Producer 59
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1968 The London Nobody Knows Production Producer 58
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1966 Brendan Behan's Dublin Production Producer N/A
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1963 Breath of Life Production Producer N/A
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Editing
1973 Paganini Strikes Again Editing Supervising Editor N/A
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1964 Delayed Flight Editing Editor 59
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1962 Four People: A Ballad Film Editing Editor N/A
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