Priscilla Cohen
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| Nationality | American |
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| Alma mater | Vassar College |
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Priscilla Cohen is the Chief Creative Officer and Senior Executive Producer at Wondros, a global creative agency dedicated to solving complex communications challenges to build social movements and inspire action. She is the co-host of The Wondros Podcast alongside Wondros founder Jesse Dylan. She received the Emmy Award and an NAACP award for the Will.i.am music video “Yes We Can,” and produced the documentary SOROS which premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in 2020. She is also an Advisory Circle Member of Look What SHE Did! A nonprofit organization that aims to inspire women and girls to greatness by sharing stories of women who changed the world, through film.[1]
Prior to joining Wondros, Priscilla was a producer with Film Colony Miramax where she worked on projects including the 1998 film “Since You’ve Been Gone” and the American drama film “Cider House Rules.” She was the Vice President of Geffen Pictures where she worked on “Interview with a Vampire.” During her time as the Director of Development for Robert Redford’s production company Wildwood, projects included “A River Runs Through It“ and "Incident at Oglala." Under the direction of Dr. Frank Oppenheimer, Cohen developed programming to bring artists and scientists together as the Director of the Performing Arts Program for the Exploratorium Museum of Art and Science in San Francisco. She executive produced the award-winning short film “Get Happy” (2008), and the feature film, “Within the Whirlwind” (2009), starring Emily Watson, which was nominated for The European Time for Peace Award. Other projects include “Honor Student” (2023), and “Welcome to California” (2005).
Before becoming a producer, Priscilla was involved in the American theatre scene. From 1981-1985 she helped develop the role of Clown Divine in “The Coyote Cycle” by Murray Mednick.[2] She premiered the role in Theatre-in-the-Red’s 1984 performance, which took place from twilight to dawn, at the Randall Davey Audobon Estate in Santa Fe, New Mexico.[2] She was seen as Clown Divine again in L.A. Theater Works’ one-month-run of the cycle in the summer of 1985.[2]
Cohen is an alum of Vassar College and the National Theater Institute.
References
- ↑ "Look What She Did - Telling #HerStory one woman at a time". Look What She Did. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "The Coyote Cycle | Murray Mednick". 2020-12-30. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
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