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Norman Cohen is a Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, First Assistant Director and Editor Irlandais born on 11 june 1936 at Dublin (Irlande)

Norman Cohen

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Nationality Irlande
Birth 11 june 1936 at Dublin (Irlande)
Death 26 october 1983 (at 47 years) at Van Nuys (USA)

Norman Cohen (11 June 1936, Dublin – 26 October 1983, Van Nuys, California) was an Irish film director and producer, best known for directing two feature films based on television comedy programmes, Till Death Us Do Part (1969) and Dad's Army (1971). He was also a director of several of the Confessions of... sex comedy series: Confessions of a Pop Performer (1975), Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976) and Confessions from a Holiday Camp (1977).

In addition to those films, he also produced as well as directed the adaptation of Spike Milligan's Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall. His final film was Burning Rubber (1981).

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Filmography of Norman Cohen (12 films)

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Director

Burning Rubber, 1h25
Directed by Norman Cohen
Genres Action
Actors Olivia Pascal
Rating49% 2.492842.492842.492842.492842.49284
Confessions from a Holiday Camp, 1h28
Directed by Norman Cohen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Robin Askwith, Anthony Booth, Liz Fraser, Lance Percival, Doris Hare, Bill Maynard
Rating42% 2.117712.117712.117712.117712.11771
Timmy Lea and his brother-in-law Sidney Noggett are working as entertainment officers at Funfrall, a typical British holiday camp. The staff are lazy and inefficient, preferring to laze by the pool rather than organise activities for the holiday campers. A new owner, Mr. Whitemonk, an ex-prison officer, takes over the camp and is determined to install discipline into the staff. He is on the verge of dismissing Timmy and Sidney; however, Sidney's suggestion of organising a beauty contest changes his mind.
Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall, 1h42
Directed by Norman Cohen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Political films
Actors Jim Dale, Arthur Lowe, Bill Maynard, Tony Selby, Geoffrey Hughes, Spike Milligan
Rating57% 2.8504952.8504952.8504952.8504952.850495
Aspiring jazz musician Terence "Spike" Milligan reluctantly obeys his call-up and joins the Royal Artillery regiment at Bexhill-on-Sea, where he begins training to take part in World War II. But along the way Spike and his friends get involved in many amusing - and some not-so amusing - scrapes.
Dad's Army
Dad's Army (1971)
, 1h35
Directed by Norman Cohen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Political films
Actors Arthur Lowe, Clive Dunn, John Le Mesurier, John Laurie, James Beck, Arnold Ridley
Rating68% 3.4267253.4267253.4267253.4267253.426725
1940 - Operation Dynamo has just taken place. From the newly conquered French coastline, a Wehrmacht colonel looks out over the English Channel with powerful binoculars. Surveying the white cliffs of Dover, he spies Godfrey emerging from a lavatory. Godfrey joins the rest of his platoon, who are defiantly waving the Union Flag. The colonel fumes contemptuously, "How can the stupid British ever hope to win?!"
Till Death Us Do Part, 1h40
Directed by Norman Cohen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Warren Mitchell, Dandy Nichols, Una Stubbs, Anthony Booth, Liam Redmond, Bill Maynard
Rating61% 3.055633.055633.055633.055633.05563
The film begins in September 1939 shortly before World War II begins. Alf Garnett, a dockyard worker, and his wife Else have been married for only a few weeks, and are already weary of one another. Alf gets called up for military duty but is turned down because he's in a reserved occupation. The film depicts their lives during the London Blitz. Else eventually gets pregnant to Alf and Else's shock, and they have a baby daughter, Rita, in 1942. The war ends in 1945 with a huge street party and Alf, characteristically, gets drunk.

Scriptwriter

Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall, 1h42
Directed by Norman Cohen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Political films
Actors Jim Dale, Arthur Lowe, Bill Maynard, Tony Selby, Geoffrey Hughes, Spike Milligan
Rating57% 2.8504952.8504952.8504952.8504952.850495
Aspiring jazz musician Terence "Spike" Milligan reluctantly obeys his call-up and joins the Royal Artillery regiment at Bexhill-on-Sea, where he begins training to take part in World War II. But along the way Spike and his friends get involved in many amusing - and some not-so amusing - scrapes.

Producer

The Funhouse, 1h36
Directed by Tobe Hooper
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror comedy, Horror, Slasher
Themes Circus films, Comedy horror films
Actors Elizabeth Berridge, Cooper Huckabee, William Finley, Miles Chapin, Sylvia Miles, Kevin Conway
Roles Unit Production Manager
Rating58% 2.94962.94962.94962.94962.9496
A masked intruder attacks Amy as she showers (resembling the famous shower scene from Psycho). The "attacker" turns out to be her younger brother Joey, a horror movie buff, and his "weapon" is merely a realistic-looking plastic knife. He has played the first of several practical jokes on her.
Confessions of a Window Cleaner, 1h30
Directed by Val Guest
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Robin Askwith, Anthony Booth, Linda Hayden, Sheila White, Dandy Nichols, Bill Maynard
Roles Executive Producer
Rating47% 2.3576952.3576952.3576952.3576952.357695
Like many British sex comedies of the 1970s the narrative involves a male protagonist who gets into compromising situations with a succession of women. The optimistic and inept Timothy Lea is freshly employed by his brother-in-law Sid as a window cleaner. With Sid an impending father to be, he looks to Timmy to fully 'satisfy' his customers, little realising that Timmy's accident prone ways often stretch to his sex life with his clients. Timmy bed hops from unsatisfied housewives to even a lesbian love tryst, all the while with his main eye on successful police woman, Elizabeth Radlett, who will have none of Timmy's sexual advances. He proposes as a result, much to his family's upset, unaware that Timmy's usual run of luck will affect the outcome!
Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall, 1h42
Directed by Norman Cohen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Political films
Actors Jim Dale, Arthur Lowe, Bill Maynard, Tony Selby, Geoffrey Hughes, Spike Milligan
Roles Producer
Rating57% 2.8504952.8504952.8504952.8504952.850495
Aspiring jazz musician Terence "Spike" Milligan reluctantly obeys his call-up and joins the Royal Artillery regiment at Bexhill-on-Sea, where he begins training to take part in World War II. But along the way Spike and his friends get involved in many amusing - and some not-so amusing - scrapes.

Director

The Funhouse, 1h36
Directed by Tobe Hooper
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror comedy, Horror, Slasher
Themes Circus films, Comedy horror films
Actors Elizabeth Berridge, Cooper Huckabee, William Finley, Miles Chapin, Sylvia Miles, Kevin Conway
Roles First Assistant Director
Rating58% 2.94962.94962.94962.94962.9496
A masked intruder attacks Amy as she showers (resembling the famous shower scene from Psycho). The "attacker" turns out to be her younger brother Joey, a horror movie buff, and his "weapon" is merely a realistic-looking plastic knife. He has played the first of several practical jokes on her.

Editor

Ambush in Leopard Street, 1h12
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Heist films
Actors Michael Brennan, Bruce Seton, Norman Rodway
Rating51% 2.5910852.5910852.5910852.5910852.591085
Small time crook Harry (played by Michael Brennan) plans one last job before he retires, but things do not go quite according to plan. Bruce Seton, who played police sleuth Fabian on television, here plays against type as Harry's sidekick 'Nimmo'. The plot is to ambush a truck containing £500,000 of diamonds as it makes its way down Leopard Street; but heavy security means recruiting a larger criminal gang than usual, and inexperienced newcomers threaten to derail Harry's scheme.