
Bonni Cohen
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1975
Bonni Cohen is an American documentary film producer and director. She is the co-founder of Actual Films and has produced and directed an array of award-winning films. Most recently, she produced the Oscar-nominated film Lead Me Home, which premiered at the 2021 Telluride Film Festival and is a Netflix Original. She also recently co-directed Athlete A, which won an Emmy for Outstanding Investigative Documentary and received four nominations from the Critics’ Choice Awards. She is the co-founder of Actual Films, the production company of the documentaries An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, Audrie & Daisy, 3.5 Minutes, The Island President, Lost Boys of Sudan and The Rape of Europa. Cohen is the co-founder of the Catapult Film Fund.
Filmography

Postmortem TBA
Executive Producer
- Untitled Gilmore Girls Documentary
Untitled Gilmore Girls Documentary TBA
Director, Producer
- The Coral Rescuers
The Coral Rescuers 2026
Executive Producer
- Art and Science Collide
Art and Science Collide 2025
Executive Producer

Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore 2025
Producer

Vivien’s Wild Ride 2025
Executive Producer

Mercedes 2025
Executive Producer

The White House Effect 2024
Director, Producer

In Waves and War 2024
Producer, Director

Night of Nights 2024
Executive Producer

One with the Whale 2023
Executive Producer

LIFT 2023
Executive Producer
- Make a Splash
Make a Splash 2022
Director
- Surf Nation
Surf Nation 2022
Executive Producer

Lead Me Home 2021
Producer

Athlete A 2020
Director
- Just Breathe
Just Breathe 2019
Director, Executive Producer

Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 2019
Consulting Producer

The Seer and the Unseen 2019
Executive Producer

Life Overtakes Me 2019
Executive Producer
- Truth in Ten
Truth in Ten 2017
Director

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power 2017
Director

When God Sleeps 2017
Executive Producer

Audrie & Daisy 2016
Director, Producer

Extremis 2016
Executive Producer

3 ½ Minutes, 10 Bullets 2015
Executive Producer

Art and Craft 2014
Executive Producer

The Last Season 2014
Consulting Producer
- Wonders Are Many: The Making of Doctor Atomic
Wonders Are Many: The Making of Doctor Atomic 2013
Producer

American Jerusalem: Jews and the Making of San Francisco 2013
Executive Producer

The Island President 2012
Producer

The Rape of Europa 2007
Director, Writer, Producer, Executive Producer

Open Outcry 2001
Producer
- They Drew Fire
They Drew Fire 2000
Producer

Kofi Annan: Eye of the Storm 1998
Director, Producer
- Meet Me in Miami Beach
Meet Me in Miami Beach 1994
Director, Editor, Producer
Credits from TMDB.