2017Nominee
Best Director
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Bonni Cohen
Director · Producer · Writer
January 1, 1975
Biography
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 is the co-founder of the Catapult Film Fund.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2020Winner
Best Director
Athlete A
2025Nominee
Best Picture
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
Career Highlights
2001Highlight
Best Picture
Open Outcry
2024Highlight
Best Director
The White House Effect
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An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Athlete A
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore