Julie Cohen Filmmaker

Julie Cohen is an Academy Award nominated, Emmy and Peabody winning documentary director. Her films include RBG (2018, Magnolia/Particpant/CNN Films), My Name is Pauli Murray (2021, Amazon Studios) and Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down (2022, Time Studios/CNN Films), each directed alongside Betsy West. Solo projects include The Sturgeon Queens (2014, PBS/7th Art) and American Veteran (2017, Freestyle Releasing.) Julie’s latest film, Every Body, was released theatrically in June by Focus Features following a Tribeca premiere and is now streaming on Peacock. Every Body, was produced by NBC News Studio’s stemming from Julie’s long relationship with NBC, where she served as a Dateline producer for nine years. She’s held earlier journalism jobs in cable tv (Court TV producer), print (Legal Times reporter) and public radio (WBAI reporter). She has a masters in journalism from Columbia and a masters in law from Yale.