---
name: "Joel Cohen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joel-cohen"
fi1m_id: "joel-cohen"
imdb_id: "nm0169505"
tmdb_id: 12892
wikidata_id: "Q3397612"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "23 August 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-15T04:03:20.511557+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Joel Cohen

## Identity

Joel Cohen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joel-cohen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joel-cohen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0169505
- **TMDB ID:** 12892
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3397612
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Cohen_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3397612, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0169505/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12892

Writer. Born 23 August 1963 in Boston.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 23 August 1963, Boston
- **Active:** 1995–2006
- **Frequently works with:** [Alec Sokolow](https://film.one/person/alec-sokolow.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 66, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 92 (1), 2000s 40 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Cohen_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3397612, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0169505/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12892

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Toy Story*](https://film.one/film/toy-story.md) (92), [*Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties*](https://film.one/film/garfield-a-tail-of-two-kitties.md) (40)

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## Biography

Joel Cohen is an American screenwriter. Born on 23 August 1963, he studied at the State University of New York and has frequently collaborated with writing partner Alec Sokolow since the 1980s.

Cohen received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay for his work on *Toy Story* (1995), shared with Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton and Sokolow. His other screenwriting credits include *Money Talks* (1997), *Goodbye Lover* (1998), *Cheaper by the Dozen* (2003), *Garfield* (2004), *Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties* (2006) and *Evan Almighty* (2007). With Sokolow he also directed *Monster Mash: The Movie* (1995).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties* (2006), Fi1m 40, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/garfield-a-tail-of-two-kitties.md)
- *Toy Story* (1995), Fi1m 92, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Inseparables* (2023), Story, Screenplay
- *Gnomes & Trolls II: The Forest Trial* (2020), Executive Producer
- *The Angry Birds Movie* (2016), Creative Consultant
- *The Last Godfather* (2010), Writer
- *Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber* (2008), Executive Producer
- *Daddy Day Camp* (2007), Story
- *Evan Almighty* (2007), Story
- *Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties* (2006), Screenplay — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/garfield-a-tail-of-two-kitties.md)
- *Cheaper by the Dozen 2* (2005), Characters
- *Garfield* (2004), Screenplay
- *Cheaper by the Dozen* (2003), Screenplay
- *Goodbye Lover* (1999), Screenplay
- *Money Talks* (1997), Screenplay
- *Eight Days a Week* (1997), as Yard Sale Customer
- *Toy Story* (1995), Screenplay — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story.md)
- *Monster Mash: The Movie* (1995), Director, Screenplay
- *Pass the Ammo* (1988), Writer
- *Sister, Sister* (1987), Writer
- *Strange Invaders* (1983), as Tim · Associate Producer
- *Hot Money* (1983), Writer
- *Q.*, Producer, Screenplay

## Gallery

- ![Joel Cohen](https://film.one/media/person/86020/gallery-38e12af2b6df.jpg) Joel Cohen — Image via TMDB
- ![Joel Cohen](https://film.one/media/person/86020/gallery-a9b7e50706c3.jpg) Joel Cohen — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1996: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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