Norman Cohn
Norman Cohn was born in New York City, New York, United States, Cohn has lived most of his life in Igloolik, Nunavut and Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Along with director Zacharias Kunuk, he co-founded the first Inuit owned (75%) production company, Isuma and is the secretary-treasurer. In filming Atanarjuat in Igloolik, Cohn used natural light in shooting with his Sony DVW 700 digital camera, avoiding switches from the automatic camera settings.
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Norman Cohn was born in New York City, New York, United States, Cohn has lived most of his life in Igloolik, Nunavut and Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Along with director Zacharias Kunuk, he co-founded the first Inuit owned (75%) production company, Isuma and is the secretary-treasurer. In filming Atanarjuat in Igloolik, Cohn used natural light in shooting with his Sony DVW 700 digital camera, avoiding switches from the automatic camera settings.
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He also edited the film with Kunuk and Marie-Christine Sarda, sharing the Genie Award for Best Editing. Samuel Cohn-Cousineau, his son with Marie-Hélène Cousineau, is also a screenwriter and film producer, whose work has included collaborations with his mother on Tia and Piujuq and with Kunuk on Wrong Husband (Uiksaringitara).
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Norman Cohn was born on 6 October 1946.
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Recognition and collections. Cohn received Guggenheim Fellowship.
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