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Steven H. Cohen

Steven H. Cohen

Producer

Steve is a Chicago-based attorney who is nationally recognized for his representation of whistle-blowers. Since 2001, Steve's law firm, Cohen Law Group, has been representing private citizen whistleblowers who uncover fraud, waste, and abuse of taxpayer-funded programs. He has prosecuted dozens of cases of fraud involving health care, government contracting, and federally insured financial institutions that have returned more than a half-billion dollars to state and federally funded programs. Since 2009, Steve has broadened his involvement with impact documentaries and media. Prior to co-founding Chicago Media Project, Steve helped finance dozens of award-winning documentaries as a member of Impact Partners, including 'Hell and Back Again', 'The Island President', 'How to Survive A Plague', 'Inequality For All.' As a co-founder of CMP and co-manager of the CMP Invest/Impact Fund, Steve has overseen more than 2 million dollars of grant and equity funding for numerous documentaries including, 'Notes on Blindness', 'The Eagle Huntress' and 'Audrie & Daisy' and most recently, 'Trophy', 'Icarus', 'Dina' and 'Step'. Steve is also a member of the Gamechanger film fund, whose mission is to finance and produce women-directed feature films. Gamechanger financed films include 'Land Ho!', 'The Invitation', 'Fresno' and 'Lovesong', which premiered at Sundance 2016. Steve also serves on the boards of a several academic and non-profit organizations, including Beloit College, Saybrook University, TCS Educational System and the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation.

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Works as
Producer
Titles
23 on MovieCove · 26 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 4% in 30 days

What are Steven H. Cohen's films like?

Across their 20 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Society.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
20%
Society
19%
Self
17%
Morality
17%
Power
11%
Ideas
10%
Bonds
6%
Community5 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeMemory2 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief3 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 19 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 17 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 6 · Charged 7 · Intense 6

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 11 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 14 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 16 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 4 · Engaged 14 · Full focus 1

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 10

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 8 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
9
Melancholic
13
Contemplative
11
Hopeful
8
Joyful
3
Other
12

How their films linger

Thought-provoking12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteInfuriating2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet9
  • Ambiguous7

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Steven H. Cohen's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 17 of their 23 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Steven H. Cohen's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

26 credits, 23 with a MovieCove page.

  • Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Shari and Lamb Chop(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Mistress Dispeller(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Union(2024)

    Co-Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Fly(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • In Waves and War(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Hollywoodgate(2023)

    Co-Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • The Faraway, Nearby: Joe Weber and the Pursuit of Gravitational Waves(2024)

    Producer

  • Going Varsity in Mariachi(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Swimming Through (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Executive Producer

  • Tantura(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Paper & Glue(2021)

    Co-Executive Producer · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Allen v. Farrow(2021)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows

  • Dear Mr. Brody(2021)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Feels Good Man(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The Apollo(2019)

    Co-Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Infiltrators (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Executive Producer

  • The Tale(2018)

    Co-Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • 306 Hollywood(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Voyeur(2017)

    Co-Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • 32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Trophy(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Henry Gamble's Birthday Party(2015)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Empire of Ebony (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Executive Producer

Career shape

A full career of 22 titles, 21 of them dated from 2015 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Mistress Dispeller (2024)

$142K worldwide

Highest rated

Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery (2025)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

Mistress Dispeller (2024)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Producing22 of 22: 22 only producing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score89th

By decade

2010s5 · crew2020s16 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Steven H. Cohen's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 88th percentile, the median of the 21 of 22 with a score; across their 19 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 86th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

86thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Approval · how many liked their films

80thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Reach · how many have seen their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Midcredits score across 22 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up15
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th3

Shape of the crowd

10 of their 22 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser10
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed6

Most divisive · producer

Tantura (2022)

99th percentile spread · 27% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It (2024)

Midcredits 98th · 89% liked

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Steven H. Cohen work with?

People who share at least 2 of Steven H. Cohen's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Paula M. Froehle shares the most, 20.

Directors

Writers

Composers and editors

Producers