Exclusive: Michael D. Cohen, known for his work on Nickelodeon’s Danger Force and Henry Danger, has signed with Paradigm for representation.
The actor-writer-director is best known for his work as Schwoz Schwartz on the two Nickelodeon series. Danger Force recently received a GLAAD Media Award Outstanding Kids & Family Programming nomination for “Manlee Men,” a June 2021 episode Cohen co-wrote and directed. Henry Danger won the Kid’s Choice Award for Best Show in 2017 and 2020, and was nominated in 2018, 2019, and 2021.
His additional television credits include Angie Tribeca, The Mindy Project, 2 Broke Girls, The Real O’Neals, Backstrom; Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job and Modern Family. On the big screen he has appeared in An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn, Suburbicon, Whiplash and It Was You Charlie.
Beyond the screen, Cohen founded the “Trans Youth Acting Challenge,” an initiative to support young trans and non-binary actors in helping discover and...
The actor-writer-director is best known for his work as Schwoz Schwartz on the two Nickelodeon series. Danger Force recently received a GLAAD Media Award Outstanding Kids & Family Programming nomination for “Manlee Men,” a June 2021 episode Cohen co-wrote and directed. Henry Danger won the Kid’s Choice Award for Best Show in 2017 and 2020, and was nominated in 2018, 2019, and 2021.
His additional television credits include Angie Tribeca, The Mindy Project, 2 Broke Girls, The Real O’Neals, Backstrom; Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job and Modern Family. On the big screen he has appeared in An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn, Suburbicon, Whiplash and It Was You Charlie.
Beyond the screen, Cohen founded the “Trans Youth Acting Challenge,” an initiative to support young trans and non-binary actors in helping discover and...
- 1/28/2022
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Tim Sutton is a filmmaker with a distinct visual style, which he brings into the heart of the gun control debate with Dark Night, an entrancing, terrifying exploration of the moments before a horrible event. Following multiple characters living in a Florida town, Sutton paints an American portrait that feels doubly relevant following last year’s election and everything that’s come since. The Film Stage had an earnest conversation with the writer/director about the the business of indie film, how politics affect art and how one casts a film so it feels authentic to the story being told.
The Film Stage: When you jump into a project like this, what’s the research process like?
Tim Sutton: So, research-wise I really tried to limit myself. People have asked if I’ve talked to a lot of people in Aurora or in Denver, and I did not. The work is purely fiction,...
The Film Stage: When you jump into a project like this, what’s the research process like?
Tim Sutton: So, research-wise I really tried to limit myself. People have asked if I’ve talked to a lot of people in Aurora or in Denver, and I did not. The work is purely fiction,...
- 2/6/2017
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
Xavier Dolan may have been miffed that his "Mommy" was left off the list of finalists for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, but he's surely pleased today that his film led the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's film slate. It picked up 13 nominations total. David Cronenberg's "Maps to the Stars" was also strong. Check out the full list of nominees below. Winners will be revealed on March 1. And catch the rest at The Circuit! Best Motion Picture "Cast No Shadow" "Fall" "In Her Place" "Maps to the Stars" "Mommy" "Tu dors Nicole" Achievement in Direction Atom Egoyan, "Captive" Albert Shin, "In Her Place" David Cronenberg, "Maps to the Stars" Xavier Dolan, "Mommy" Stéphane Lafleur, "Tu dors Nicole" Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Ryan Reynolds, "The Captive" Bruce Greenwood, "Elephant Song" Michael Murphy, "Fall" Evan Bird, "Maps to the Stars" Antoine Olivier-Pilon, "Mommy" Performance by an...
- 1/13/2015
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
A brand new “Canadian Indie Film Series” is being launched in 2015 helmed by Canadian cinema event distributor Mei Group and Canadian Indie distributor A71 Entertainment.
The team has secured a commitment from Landmark Cinemas Canada - 17 screens across the country to host "Canadian Indie Night" the first Wednesday of every month beginning in March 2015. The series will also utilize Mei's growing Canadian Alternative Cinema Network of theaters for event and limited run showings.
“The goal of the series is to provide audiences and film fans with wider access to the growing number of internationally recognized indie films that are being produced in this country," says Chad Maker, President of A71 Entertainment. "There's a new breed of extremely talented storytellers emerging in Canada and this series has the ability to celebrate and promote them to audiences across the country..”
"We are extremely delighted to bring Canadian films to audiences through Landmark and our growing list of alternative cinemas," adds Thomas Miller, President of Mei. "We have had great success with our opera, ballet, Shakespeare, art and concert series, and are excited to now include Canadian feature films to the Mei stream of content."
"It's Landmark's 50th year as an exhibitor in Canada and we have a number of exciting things planned for this year, so adding the “Indie Film Series” to our anniversary celebration is a great fit. As supporters of Canadian Film, and independent film, we think this is a very exciting venture," said Kevin Norman, Vice-President, Filmed Entertainment Landmark Cinemas Canada.
The series will launch with a web portal in January geared towards film-goers and indie theater owners, as well as in-theater promotion and trailers highlighting the upcoming titles for 2015. A71 and Mei are currently in discussion with several Canadian independent distributors and producers to secure additional titles for the series.
About Media Events International (Mei Group):
Mei Group is a Canadian distribution company dedicated to bringing unique alternative programming to its network of over 40 independent cinemas, performing arts centers, and colleges and universities as well as over 30 Landmark Cinemas Canada across the country. Mei specializes in all the major categories of the performing arts – including opera, ballet, theater, art, concerts and now Canadian feature films.
About A71 Entertainment Inc.:
A71 Entertainment Inc. is a new distributor on the Canadian feature film landscape. The company, founded by Chad Maker, David Miller and Kirk Comrie in 2013, is focused on bringing high-quality festival films to theaters. Its fourth release, "It Was You Charlie," launched in August of this year. A71 has also released "Blackbird,""The Husband" and "Algonquin." Upcoming releases include the award-winning "Siddarth" and the recent Tiff Top Ten selection "In Her Place"
.About Landmark Cinemas Canada:
Landmark Cinemas Canada is the second largest motion picture theater exhibition company in Canada, and 10th largest in North America. Landmark Cinemas Canada owns and operates 48 theaters with 331 screens, including five IMAX®, four 'Extra' and the new extra large 'Xtreme' screen theater, featuring the first installation in Canada of Barco's Auro 11.1 3D immersive sound. Landmark Cinemas provides state of the art digital movie going experiences, including the best box office hits and alternative content. Located now throughout Western Canada, Ontario and the Yukon Territory, we are proud of our ability to be engaged in our communities at the local level.
The team has secured a commitment from Landmark Cinemas Canada - 17 screens across the country to host "Canadian Indie Night" the first Wednesday of every month beginning in March 2015. The series will also utilize Mei's growing Canadian Alternative Cinema Network of theaters for event and limited run showings.
“The goal of the series is to provide audiences and film fans with wider access to the growing number of internationally recognized indie films that are being produced in this country," says Chad Maker, President of A71 Entertainment. "There's a new breed of extremely talented storytellers emerging in Canada and this series has the ability to celebrate and promote them to audiences across the country..”
"We are extremely delighted to bring Canadian films to audiences through Landmark and our growing list of alternative cinemas," adds Thomas Miller, President of Mei. "We have had great success with our opera, ballet, Shakespeare, art and concert series, and are excited to now include Canadian feature films to the Mei stream of content."
"It's Landmark's 50th year as an exhibitor in Canada and we have a number of exciting things planned for this year, so adding the “Indie Film Series” to our anniversary celebration is a great fit. As supporters of Canadian Film, and independent film, we think this is a very exciting venture," said Kevin Norman, Vice-President, Filmed Entertainment Landmark Cinemas Canada.
The series will launch with a web portal in January geared towards film-goers and indie theater owners, as well as in-theater promotion and trailers highlighting the upcoming titles for 2015. A71 and Mei are currently in discussion with several Canadian independent distributors and producers to secure additional titles for the series.
About Media Events International (Mei Group):
Mei Group is a Canadian distribution company dedicated to bringing unique alternative programming to its network of over 40 independent cinemas, performing arts centers, and colleges and universities as well as over 30 Landmark Cinemas Canada across the country. Mei specializes in all the major categories of the performing arts – including opera, ballet, theater, art, concerts and now Canadian feature films.
About A71 Entertainment Inc.:
A71 Entertainment Inc. is a new distributor on the Canadian feature film landscape. The company, founded by Chad Maker, David Miller and Kirk Comrie in 2013, is focused on bringing high-quality festival films to theaters. Its fourth release, "It Was You Charlie," launched in August of this year. A71 has also released "Blackbird,""The Husband" and "Algonquin." Upcoming releases include the award-winning "Siddarth" and the recent Tiff Top Ten selection "In Her Place"
.About Landmark Cinemas Canada:
Landmark Cinemas Canada is the second largest motion picture theater exhibition company in Canada, and 10th largest in North America. Landmark Cinemas Canada owns and operates 48 theaters with 331 screens, including five IMAX®, four 'Extra' and the new extra large 'Xtreme' screen theater, featuring the first installation in Canada of Barco's Auro 11.1 3D immersive sound. Landmark Cinemas provides state of the art digital movie going experiences, including the best box office hits and alternative content. Located now throughout Western Canada, Ontario and the Yukon Territory, we are proud of our ability to be engaged in our communities at the local level.
- 12/8/2014
- by Peter Belsito
- Sydney's Buzz
Exclusive: Biff’s distribution arm Cac (Center of Asia Contents) Entertainment has started picking up titles to launch distribution in Korea in step with Biff’s 20th anniversary next year.
Pick-ups include Emmanuel Shirinian’s It Was You Charlie and Ramiro Belanger’s Clydecynic – both from Canada, and the Russian film Intimate Parts, directed by Natasha Merkulova and Alexey Chupov. All three screened in Biff 2013.
At time of writing, titles hammering out their contracts with Biff included Tsai Ming Liang’s Stray Dogs (Taiwan-France) and Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s 1996 film A Moment Of Innocence and his 1991 film Time Of Love.
Others included Asian Cinema Fund support recipients Murali Nair’s Virgin Goat (India), Weng Shou Ming’s Fujian Blue (China), Woo Ming Jin’s Woman On Fire Looks For Water (Malaysia), Tongpong Chantarangkul’s I Carried You Home (Thailand/Singapore) and Khoroldorj Choijoovanjig’s Yellow Colt (Mongolia).
Ellie Jo, acquisitions manager...
Pick-ups include Emmanuel Shirinian’s It Was You Charlie and Ramiro Belanger’s Clydecynic – both from Canada, and the Russian film Intimate Parts, directed by Natasha Merkulova and Alexey Chupov. All three screened in Biff 2013.
At time of writing, titles hammering out their contracts with Biff included Tsai Ming Liang’s Stray Dogs (Taiwan-France) and Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s 1996 film A Moment Of Innocence and his 1991 film Time Of Love.
Others included Asian Cinema Fund support recipients Murali Nair’s Virgin Goat (India), Weng Shou Ming’s Fujian Blue (China), Woo Ming Jin’s Woman On Fire Looks For Water (Malaysia), Tongpong Chantarangkul’s I Carried You Home (Thailand/Singapore) and Khoroldorj Choijoovanjig’s Yellow Colt (Mongolia).
Ellie Jo, acquisitions manager...
- 10/4/2014
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
You'd have to be pint-sized to get stuck in between a partially opened window and the windowsill when trying to leap to your death. This happens to Abner (Michael D. Cohen) in the first few minutes of It Was You Charlie, Emmanuel Shirinian's bleakly funny debut. Abner, a former art teacher-turned-seething, lonely doorman, is an already small person whose self-loathing dwarfs him further. Everyone — the chatty tenants in his building, whose lodgings he sometimes sneaks into, his demented, prying boss, and his estranged relatives — towers over him; even his voice, at its most enraged, is somehow elfin. The movie mostly unfolds in flashbacks to several of Abner's traumatic past birthdays; one year, he lost his longtime crush to his handsomer, slicker brother (A...
- 9/24/2014
- Village Voice
The dark comic drama It Was You Charlie is opening in Toronto at the Bell Lightbox Cinema on Friday, August 15, and we've got tickets to give away! (Note: the giveaway is over.) First, though, you'll want to watch the trailer, which begins in a lighthearted manner before becoming more troubling. (You can watch below.) Here's the official synopsis: It Was You Charlie is a dark comedy-drama that tells the story of a lonely graveyard shift doorman named Abner, a once-accomplished sculptor and former college art teacher, but now sadly, a mere shadow of his former self. He is heartbroken because of an unresolved conflict with his brother over a woman he once loved, and is at the same time consumed with guilt and suicidal...
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- 8/13/2014
- Screen Anarchy
Cannes – The worldwide distribution rights to writer/director Emmanuel Shirinian's It Was You Charlie, which stars Michael D. Cohen and Aaron Abrams, has gone to Canadian distributor 108 Media Corp. ahead of its world premiere in Busan. Shirinian's feature film debut is screening at Busan as part of the World Cinema program. Story: 108 Media/Paladin Take U.S. Rights to 'Metro Manila' The film's producer, A71 Entertainment, will also release the dark comedy-drama in Canada. It Was You Charlie features Cohen as Abner, a lonely graveyard shift doorman and once-accomplished sculptor coming to terms with an unresolved conflict with
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- 10/3/2013
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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