Norman Cohen

Biography

Norman Cohen (11 June 1936 in Dublin – 26 October 1983 in Van Nuys, California) was an Irish film director and producer, best known for directing two feature films based on television comedy programmes, Till Death Us Do Part (1969) and Dad's Army (1971). He was also a director of several of the Confessions of... sex comedy series: Confessions of a Pop Performer (1975), Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976) and Confessions from a Holiday Camp (1977). In addition to those films, he also produced as well as directed the adaptation of Spike Milligan's Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (1973),[1][2] and the comedy sequel Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers (1977). Cohen's first film production was The London Nobody Knows (1967) narrated by James Mason and his final film was Burning Rubber (1981). In the Fall of 1982 he directed his only stage production; Woody Allen's "Play It Again, Sam" at Theatr Clwyd (National Theatre of Wales). The cast included; Nic d'avirro, Julia St. John, Julie Richmond, Sara Mason, Carl Davis, Jennifer Franks, and starred Trent Richards (aka Richard Trent) as Allen. The production later toured to Cardiff, Wales where it ran at the Sherman Theatre. Norman die…

Directed

1. Dad's Army (1971) — Director
2. Confessions of a Pop Performer (1975) — Director
3. Confessions from a Holiday Camp (1977) — Director
4. Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976) — Director
5. Till Death Us Do Part (1969) — Director
6. The London Nobody Knows (1968) — Director
7. Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (1973) — Director
8. London in the Raw (1964) — Director
9. Stand up, Virgin Soldiers (1977) — Director
10. Burning Rubber (1981) — Director
11. The Lion's Share (1985) — Director
12. Brendan Behan's Dublin (1966) — Director
13. Look at Life: There Ought to Be a Law (1968) — Director