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Canadian comedy writer and director For the novelist and short fiction writer, see Robert Cohen (novelist).

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Rob Cohen
Born	Robert Howard Cohen Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Occupation(s)	Writer, director
Years active	1990–present
Spouse(s)	Janeane Garofalo Jill Leiderman

Robert Cohen is a Canadian comedy writer and director. Cohen's writing career has covered many TV formats, from sketch to multi-camera, single-camera and animation. He has also written multiple times for the Academy Awards and Emmy Awards.

Early life

Cohen was born to a Jewish family in Calgary, Alberta, where he attended the Calgary Hebrew School.

Career

Cohen has written for The Simpsons, The Wonder Years, The Ben Stiller Show, and The Big Bang Theory.

He won a Primetime Emmy Award for his work on The Ben Stiller Show. His career as a TV comedy writer has covered every format, from multi-camera and single-camera, to sketch and animation. Cohen has also written for and produced on multiple Emmy Award, Academy Award and MTV Movie Award shows.

Personal life

Cohen is married to Jimmy Kimmel Live! producer Jill Leiderman. Upon their engagement, he learned that he had been legally married to his ex-girlfriend, actress Janeane Garofalo, for the last twenty years, after what they had believed to have been a "joke wedding" in Las Vegas in 1991. They had both thought the marriage was not binding unless it had been filed at a local courthouse. The union was dissolved in 2012.

Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1993	The Ben Stiller Show	Emmys "Outstanding individual achievement in Writing in a Variety or Music Program"	Won
2004	In recognition of extraordinary courage shown in... efforts to advance animation organizing	Robert Metzler Award	Won
2016	Being Canadian	Writers Guild of America Award "Best Documentary Screenplay"	Nominated
2016	Best Director - Short Form Film	2016 Webby Award	Won
2017	"Primetime Emmy Awards"	Writers Guild of America Award "Best Writing for a Variety Special"	Nominated

References

"THE BEN STILLER SHOW". Television Academy. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
"Queen of the Night: Jill Leiderman". Marie Claire. 2013-08-08. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
Phillips Erb, Kelly (November 14, 2012). "Janeane Garofalo Finds Out She's Been Married... for 20 Years". Forbes. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
"THE BEN STILLER SHOW". emmys.com. Retrieved 2013-01-10.
"THE ROBERT MELTZER AWARD". wga.org. Retrieved 2013-01-10.

External links

v t e Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series (1990–1999)
Billy Crystal / Jerry Belson, James L. Brooks, Marc Flanagan, Dinah Kirgo, Jay Kogen, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Heide Perlman, Ian Praiser, Sam Simon, Tracey Ullman and Wallace Wolodarsky (1990, tie) Billy Crystal, Hal Kanter, Buz Kohan, David Steinberg, Bruce Vilanch and Robert Wuhl (1991) No award (1992) Judd Apatow, Robert Cohen, David Cross, Brent Forrester, Jeff Kahn, Bruce Kirschbaum, Bob Odenkirk, Sultan Pepper, Dino Stamatopoulos and Ben Stiller (1993) No award (1994) No award (1995) David Feldman, Eddie Feldmann, Mike Gandolfi, Tom Hertz, Leah Krinsky, Dennis Miller and Rick Overton (1996) Chris Rock (1997) Jose Arroyo, David Feldman, Eddie Feldmann, Jim Hanna, Leah Krinsky, Dennis Miller and David Weiss (1998) Tom Agna, Vernon Chatman, Louis C.K., Lance Crouther, Gregory Greenberg, Ali LeRoi, Steve O'Donnell, Chris Rock, Frank Sebastiano, Chuck Sklar, Jeff Stilson, Wanda Sykes and Mike Upchurch (1999)
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series (1990–1999)

Billy Crystal / Jerry Belson, James L. Brooks, Marc Flanagan, Dinah Kirgo, Jay Kogen, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Heide Perlman, Ian Praiser, Sam Simon, Tracey Ullman and Wallace Wolodarsky (1990, tie)
Billy Crystal, Hal Kanter, Buz Kohan, David Steinberg, Bruce Vilanch and Robert Wuhl (1991)
No award (1992)
Judd Apatow, Robert Cohen, David Cross, Brent Forrester, Jeff Kahn, Bruce Kirschbaum, Bob Odenkirk, Sultan Pepper, Dino Stamatopoulos and Ben Stiller (1993)
No award (1994)
No award (1995)
David Feldman, Eddie Feldmann, Mike Gandolfi, Tom Hertz, Leah Krinsky, Dennis Miller and Rick Overton (1996)
Chris Rock (1997)
Jose Arroyo, David Feldman, Eddie Feldmann, Jim Hanna, Leah Krinsky, Dennis Miller and David Weiss (1998)
Tom Agna, Vernon Chatman, Louis C.K., Lance Crouther, Gregory Greenberg, Ali LeRoi, Steve O'Donnell, Chris Rock, Frank Sebastiano, Chuck Sklar, Jeff Stilson, Wanda Sykes and Mike Upchurch (1999)

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