Arthur Cohn

Arthur Cohn (4 February 1927 – 12 December 2025) was a Swiss movie producer. He was known for producing many Academy Award-winning documentaries. Six of his movies won the Academy Award, three in the category of Best Foreign Language Film and three in the category of Best Documentary Feature. His best-known non-documentary movie is The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970). He also produced movies directed by Kevin Macdonald (One Day in September) and Walter Salles (Central Station and Behind the Sun).

Cohn died in Jerusalem, Israel on 12 December 2025, at the age of 98.

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