black and white headshot of filmmaker Erika Cohn. a young woman with shoulder length, dark wavy hair looks directly at the camera. She has light colored eyes ringed with dark eyeliner and wears large silver earrings.
Erika Cohn
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Erika Cohn (she/her) is a two-time Emmy®, Peabody, and DGA award-winning filmmaker, who Variety recognized as one of 2017’s top documentary filmmakers and who was featured in DOC NYC’s 2019 “40 Under 40.” Erika directed/produced the NYT Critics Pick, Emmy® Award-winning and Peabody nominated Belly of the Beast, which featured the 2021 Oscar shortlisted original song “See What You’ve Done” by Mary J Blige. Previous films include Peabody award-winning The Judge (TIFF 2017) and Emmy® Award-winning In Football We Trust (Sundance 2015).

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