Jack Cohn
Jack Cohn · Arts & Literature
Co-founded Columbia Pictures
1889, New York City, United States — 1956, New York City, United States
United States
Columbia Pictures1924Jack Cohn is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Co-founded Columbia Pictures
Jack Cohn co-founded the studio that became Columbia Pictures in 1924 with his brother Harry and Joe Brandt, serving for decades as its executive vice-president in charge of the New York office. He was born into a Jewish immigrant family on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
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Source: Neal Gabler, 'An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood' (1988)
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Co-founded Columbia Pictures
Source: Neal Gabler, 'An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood' (1988)
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