Norman Cohen
Norman Cohen | |
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Born | Dublin, Ireland | June 11, 1936
Died | October 26, 1983 Van Nuys, California, United States | (aged 47)
Occupation | Film director, film producer |
Norman Cohen (11 June 1936 in Dublin – 26 October 1983 in 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 (1973),[1][2] and the comedy sequel Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers (1977). Cohen's first film production was The London Nobody Knows (1967) narrated by James Mason and his final film was Burning Rubber (1981).
He died after suffering a heart attack in 1983.[3]
References
- ^ "The New York Times". Movies & TV Dept. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- ^ LoveFilm.com Archived 2013-06-30 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved 7 August 2010
- ^ The Independent, Retrieved 14 September 2014
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