# Jared Cohn > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jared_Cohn > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jared_Cohn.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Cohn > Source revision: 1345589930 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American film director}} {{Infobox person | name = Jared Michael Cohn | image = Jared Cohn (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = [New York City](/source/New_York_City), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)) | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = [New York Institute of Technology](/source/New_York_Institute_of_Technology) | other_names = {{unbulleted list|Jared Michaels|J. Cohn|Jared M. Cohn}} | occupation = {{unbulleted list|[Film actor](/source/Film_actor) |[Television actor](/source/Television_actor) |[Film director](/source/Film_director) |[Screenwriter](/source/Screenwriter)|[Film producer](/source/Film_producer)}} | years_active = 2004–present | known_for = {{unbulleted list|''[Buddy Hutchins](/source/Buddy_Hutchins)''|''[Atlantic Rim](/source/Atlantic_Rim_(film))''|''Born Bad''}} | notable_works = }} '''Jared Michael Cohn''' (also credited as '''Jared Michaels''') is an American [film director](/source/film_director), [screenwriter](/source/screenwriter) and [actor](/source/actor), best known for directing ''[Buddy Hutchins](/source/Buddy_Hutchins)''. He has also directed films for [The Asylum](/source/The_Asylum), including ''[Atlantic Rim](/source/Atlantic_Rim_(film))'' and ''Born Bad''.{{cite news|last1=staff|title=Jared Cohn|url=http://i1.wp.com/www.talentmonthly.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/18.jpg|accessdate=9 May 2015|pages=18, 19|publisher=Talent Monthly|date=1 April 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110632/http://i1.wp.com/www.talentmonthly.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/18.jpg|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.factpile.com/9180-jared-cohn-interview-director-of-atlantic-rim-aspiring-ninja/|title=Jared Cohn Interview: Director of Atlantic Rim & Aspiring Ninja|last1=staff|date=25 June 2013|publisher=Factpile|accessdate=9 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518102830/http://www.factpile.com/9180-jared-cohn-interview-director-of-atlantic-rim-aspiring-ninja/|archive-date=18 May 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last1=staff |title=Exclusive Interview: Jared Cohn Talks Buddy Hutchins |url=http://bggafterdark.biogamergirl.com/2015/02/exclusive-interview-jared-cohn-talks-buddy-hutchins.html |publisher=BGG After Dark |accessdate=9 May 2015 |date=4 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211151812/http://bggafterdark.biogamergirl.com/2015/02/exclusive-interview-jared-cohn-talks-buddy-hutchins.html |archivedate=11 February 2015 |ref=CITEREFstaff20150204}} ==Background== Cohn is a writer, director, producer and actor born in New York, and graduated from the [New York Institute of Technology](/source/New_York_Institute_of_Technology) with a [Bachelor of Fine Arts](/source/Bachelor_of_Fine_Arts) degree in communication arts. His major was film production and post production. He is a photographer, editor and [After Effects](/source/After_Effects) user, as well as a [black belt](/source/black_belt_(martial_arts)) in [Shaolin Kempo Karate](/source/Shaolin_Kempo_Karate), a professional [paintball](/source/paintball) player, and a [certified scuba diver](/source/Scuba_diving).{{cite web|last1=staff|title=Interview: Getting to know Jared Cohn|url=http://somethingyousaid.com/2013/08/29/getting-to-know-jared-cohn/|accessdate=9 May 2015|date=29 August 2013|ref=CITEREFstaff20130829}} He and his body of work have received media coverage.{{cite web|last1=Barton|first1=Steve|title=Jared Cohn Archives – Dread Central|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/tag/jared-cohn/|publisher=[Dread Central](/source/Dread_Central)|accessdate=9 May 2015|date=8 April 2015}} He currently lives in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), [California](/source/California). ==Career== In 2011, Cohn wrote and directed Lifetime Channel's number one summer hit, ''Born Bad'', a psychological thriller starring [Meredith Monroe](/source/Meredith_Monroe) (''[Dawson’s Creek](/source/Dawson%E2%80%99s_Creek)'', ''[Criminal Minds](/source/Criminal_Minds)'') and [Michael Welch](/source/Michael_Welch_(actor)) (the ''[Twilight saga](/source/The_Twilight_Saga_(film_series))''). In 2012, he premiered his first theatrical release, ''[Hold Your Breath](/source/Hold_Your_Breath_(2012_film))'', which he directed. The same year he wrote and directed ''Bikini Spring Break'', starring [Robert Carradine](/source/Robert_Carradine) (''[Revenge of the Nerds](/source/Revenge_of_the_Nerds)'') and the horror-thriller ''[12/12/12](/source/12%2F12%2F12_(film))''. In 2013, Cohn directed ''From the Sea'' (released as ''[Atlantic Rim](/source/Atlantic_Rim_(film))''), starring [Graham Greene](/source/Graham_Greene_(actor)) (''[Dances with Wolves](/source/Dances_with_Wolves)'', ''[Defiance](/source/Defiance_(TV_series))'') and [David Chokachi](/source/David_Chokachi) (''[Witchblade](/source/Witchblade)'', ''[Baywatch](/source/Baywatch)''). He also wrote and directed the women-in-prison drama ''Jailbait'', and had a featured role in the independent horror-thriller, ''Feed the Devil''{{cite news|last1=Barton|first1=Steve|title=Hungry? Why Not Feed the Devil a Trailer?|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/52833/hungry-why-not-feed-the-devil-a-trailer/|accessdate=9 May 2015|publisher=[Dread Central](/source/Dread_Central)|date=10 April 2014}} which was shot on [35mm film](/source/35mm_movie_film). ===Filmography=== ====Actor==== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * ''Diary of an Affair'' (1 episode, 2004) as Andrew * ''[Legion of the Dead](/source/Legion_of_the_Dead_(film))'' (2005) as Petrie * ''[Alien Abduction](/source/Alien_Abduction_(2005_film))'' (2005) as Private Smalls * ''Way of the Vampire'' (2005) as Roman * ''[Halloween Night](/source/Halloween_Night)'' (2006) as Daryll (as Jared Michaels) * ''Sea Me'' (2006) as Shawn (as Jared Michaels) * ''Blood Predator'' (2007) as Zak * ''The Third Summer'' (2007) as Bags * ''Teary Sockets'' (2008) as Bobby Tear * ''[Plaguers](/source/Plaguers)'' (2008) as Riley (as Jared Michaels) * ''[Real Fear](/source/Real_Fear)'' (2008) as Johnathan (as Jared Michaels) * ''Tyler's Ride'' (5 episodes, 2008) as Vinnie (as Jared Michaels) * ''The Carpenter: Part 1 – And So They Die'' (2009) as Ted (as Jared Michaels) * ''Legend Has It'' (2009) as Ollie (as Jared Michaels) * ''Meaner Than Hell'' (2009) as Jakob 'Picaro Gonnoff' Baumberger (as Jared Michaels) * ''Revenants'' (2010) as Danny (as Jared Michaels) * ''Born Bad'' (2011) as Jaret * ''[Underground Lizard People](/source/Underground_Lizard_People)'' (2011) as Chip * ''Incident at Barstow'' (2011) as Griff (as Jared Michaels) * ''[12/12/12](/source/12%2F12%2F12_(film))'' (2012) as Jared * ''MoreHorror in Hollywood'' (1 episode, 2012) as Himself * ''[13/13/13](/source/13%2F13%2F13)'' (2013) as Alex{{cite news|last1=Bug|first1=Ambush|title=AICN HORROR looks at 13/13/13 (2013)|url=http://www.aintitcool.com/node/65019#7|accessdate=9 May 2015|publisher=[Ain't It Cool News](/source/Ain't_It_Cool_News)|date=8 November 2013}} * ''Asabiyyah: A New Social Cohesion'' (2013) as Star * ''[Atlantic Rim](/source/Atlantic_Rim)'' (2013) as Spitfire * ''EOTM Awards 2013'' (2013) as Himself * ''The Coed and the Zombie Stoner'' (2014) as Stoned Zombie * ''[P-51 Dragon Fighter](/source/P-51_Dragon_Fighter)'' (2014) as Lt. Gilman * ''Feed the Devil'' (2014) as Marcus{{cite news|last1=Foywonder|first1=The|title=Nourish Your Need to Feed the Devil by Watching this New Trailer|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/77405/feed-need-feed-devil-watching-new-trailer/|accessdate=9 May 2015|publisher=[Dread Central](/source/Dread_Central)|date=5 November 2014}} * ''[Pernicious](/source/Pernicious)'' (2015) as Shane{{cite news|last1=Hallam|first1=Scott|title=Pernicious (2015)|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/95015/pernicious-2015/|accessdate=9 May 2015|publisher=[Dread Central](/source/Dread_Central)|date=30 March 2015}} * ''Hulk Blood Tapes'' (2015) as Himself * ''Wishing for a Dream'' (2015) as Louis Digman * ''Minutes to Midnight'' (2015) as Richie {{div col end}} ====Director==== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * ''The Carpenter: Part 1 – And So They Die'' (2009) (and as screenwriter) (as Jared Michaels) * ''Born Bad'' (2011) (and as writer) * ''[Underground Lizard People](/source/Underground_Lizard_People)'' (2011) * ''Bikini Spring Break'' (2012) (and as writer) * ''[Hold Your Breath](/source/Hold_Your_Breath_(2012_film))'' (2012){{cite news|last1=Miska|first1=Brad|title=Trailer For Asylum's '#HoldYourBreath'|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3160795/trailer-for-asylums-holdyourbreathin/|accessdate=9 May 2015|publisher=[Bloody Disgusting](/source/Bloody_Disgusting)|date=24 August 2012}} * ''[12/12/12](/source/12%2F12%2F12_(film))'' (2012) * ''[Atlantic Rim](/source/Atlantic_Rim_(film))'' (2013){{cite news|last1=Katz|first1=David|title=From Asylum, the People Who Brought You (a Movie Kinda Sorta Like) Pacific Rim|url=https://www.gq.com/entertainment/movies-and-tv/201308/sharknado-atlantic-rim-pacific-rim-asylum-movie-spoof|accessdate=9 May 2015|publisher=[GQ](/source/GQ)|date=August 2013|archive-date=16 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130716173407/http://www.gq.com/entertainment/movies-and-tv/201308/sharknado-atlantic-rim-pacific-rim-asylum-movie-spoof|url-status=dead}} * ''Jailbait'' (2014) (and as writer) * ''[Bound](/source/Bound_(2015_film))'' (2015){{cite news|last1=Brown|first1=Kat|title=Buffy actress to star in Fifty Shades of Grey 'mockbuster'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/11334897/fifty-shades-of-grey-bound.html|accessdate=9 May 2015|work=[The Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph)|date=9 January 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Barton|first1=Steve|title=Exclusive Bound Trailer Is Fifty Shades of Asylum Mockbuster|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/84709/bound-trailer-fifty-shades-asylum-mockbuster/|accessdate=9 May 2015|publisher=[Dread Central](/source/Dread_Central)|date=8 January 2015|ref=CITEREFBarton20150108}}{{cite news|last1=Rife|first1=Katie|title=Charisma Carpenter's career gets smacked around in BDSM "thriller" Bound|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/charisma-carpenters-career-gets-smacked-around-bds-214763|accessdate=9 May 2015|publisher=[The A.V. Club](/source/The_A.V._Club)|date=11 February 2015}} * ''[Buddy Hutchins](/source/Buddy_Hutchins)'' (2015){{cite news|last1=Hallam|first1=Scott|title=Buddy Hutchins (2015)|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/89900/buddy-hutchins-2015/|accessdate=9 May 2015|publisher=[Dread Central](/source/Dread_Central)|date=16 February 2015|ref=CITEREFHallam20150216}}{{cite news|last1=Cooper|first1=Patrick|title=Jamie Kennedy Talks 'Buddy Hutchins' and 'Tremors 5′|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/interviews/3333303/interview-jamie-kennedy-talks-buddy-hutchins-tremors-5/|accessdate=9 May 2015|publisher=[Bloody Disgusting](/source/Bloody_Disgusting)|date=24 February 2015}} * ''Hulk Blood Tapes'' (2015) * ''School's Out'' (2015) * ''[Little Dead Rotting Hood](/source/Little_Dead_Rotting_Hood)'' (2016) * ''Wishing for a Dream'' (2016) * ''The Horde'' (2016) {{cite news|last1=Miska|first1=Brad|title=First Look at Horror Vet-Heavy 'The Horde'|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/images/3319798/first-look-horror-vet-heavy-horde/|accessdate=9 May 2015|publisher=[Bloody Disgusting](/source/Bloody_Disgusting)|date=31 October 2014}} * ''[Halloween Pussy Trap Kill! Kill!](/source/Halloween_Pussy_Trap_Kill!_Kill!)'' (2017) * ''[Devil's Revenge](/source/Devil's_Revenge)'' (2019) * ''[Street Survivors: The True Story of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash](/source/Street_Survivors%3A_The_True_Story_of_the_Lynyrd_Skynyrd_Plane_Crash)'' (2020) (and as writer) * ''In the Drift'' (2020) * ''[Deadlock](/source/Deadlock_(2021_film))'' (2021) * ''[Vendetta](/source/Vendetta_(2022_film))'' (2022) * ''Complex, Texas'' (TBA) {{div col end}} ====Producer==== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * ''Legend Has It'' (2009) (as Jared Michaels) * ''Revenants'' (2010) (as Jared Michaels) * ''Night of the Dead'' (2012) * ''Hulk Blood Tapes'' (2015) {{div col end}} ==Reception== Cohn's films are typically released [direct-to-video](/source/direct-to-video), via outlets such as [Redbox](/source/Redbox), [basic cable](/source/basic_cable) channels or supermarkets. == References == {{reflist|2}} ==External links== * {{IMDb name|1714788}} * {{official website|http://www.jaredcohn.com/}} * {{official website|http://traplightmedia.com/|Traplight Media}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cohn, Jared}} Category:Living people Category:Film producers from California Category:Screenwriters from New York (state) Category:American male television actors Category:Male actors from New York City Category:American male film actors Category:21st-century American male actors Category:Film directors from Los Angeles Category:Film producers from New York (state) Category:Screenwriters from California Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:New York Institute of Technology alumni --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jared Cohn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Cohn) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Cohn?action=history)). 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