Biography
Arthur Cohn (4 February 1927 – 12 December 2025) was a Swiss film producer. Born in Basel to a Jewish family, he began his career as a journalist and reporter for Swiss Radio before moving into film production in the early 1960s.
Cohn produced six Academy Award-winning films, three for Best Foreign Language Film and three for Best Documentary Feature. His credits include The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970, directed by Vittorio De Sica), Central Station (1998, directed by Walter Salles) and One Day in September (1999). He also produced The Chorus (2004) and Behind the Sun (2001). He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1992 and other lifetime achievement honours.
