Rob Cohen (born March 12, 1949) is an American film director, writer and producer. He is best known for directing the first Fast and the Furious installment (2001), as well as the action films xXx (2002) and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emporer (2008). He's a graduate in Anthropology and Visual Studies from Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and while working as a reader for Universal in the early-1970s discovered the screenplay for what would become The Sting (1973).

Rob Cohen

Directing Born March 12, 1949 Cornwall, New York, USA

Rob Cohen (born March 12, 1949) is an American film director, writer and producer. He is best known for directing the first Fast and the Furious installment (2001), as well as the action films xXx (2002) and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emporer (2008). He's a graduate in Anthropology and Visual Studies from Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and while working as a reader for Universal in the early-1970s discovered the screenplay for what would become The Sting (1973).

Known For

xXx

Columbian Horseman (uncredited)

Vanishing Son

Teacher Beaton

Vanishing Son

Teacher Benton

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

Enter The Dragon Director

The Skulls

College Lecturer (uncredited)

The Fast and the Furious

Pizza Hut Delivery Guy (uncredited)

How Bruce Lee Changed the World

Self

I Am Paul Walker

Self

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

Self

Tinsel - The Lost Movie About Hollywood

Self

Flash Gordon: Marooned on Mongo

Additional Voices (voice)

Vanishing Son IV

Teacher Benton