Question: Fast and the Furious 2001 director was born on which date in 1949?

Context articles: Rob Cohen
Turbo Charged Prelude
Letty Ortiz
Michelle Rodriguez
2 Fast 2 Furious
More Fast and Furious
Dominic Toretto
John Ortiz
The Fast and the Furious
The Fast and the Furious (2001 film)

Rob Cohen (born March 12, 1949) is an American director of film and television, producer and screenwriter.
The Turbo Charged Prelude for 2 Fast 2 Furious is a 2003 American short film directed by Philip G. Atwell, produced by Chris Palladino, and written by Keith Dinielli.
 It is the second installment in "The Fast and the Furious" franchise, and stars Paul Walker.
 "Turbo Charged Prelude" is a continuation to "The Fast and the Furious" (2001) and details the events prior to "2 Fast 2 Furious" (2003), where runaway fugitive Brian O'Connor leaves Los Angeles in order to evade police capture.
Leticia "Letty" Ortiz is a fictional character portrayed by Michelle Rodriguez in the "The Fast and the Furious" film series created by screenwriter Gary Scott Thompson.
 She is first introduced in the film "The Fast and the Furious" (2001).
 She also appears in the sequels "Fast & Furious" (2009), "Fast & Furious 6" (2013), "Furious 7" (2015), "The Fate of the Furious" (2017).
Mayte Michelle Rodriguez (born July 12, 1978) is an American actress.
 Her breakout role was as a troubled boxer in the independent film "Girlfight" (2000), which was met with critical acclaim and earned her several awards, including the Independent Spirit Award and Gotham Award for Best Debut Performance.
 The following year, she starred as Letty in the blockbuster film "The Fast and the Furious" (2001), a role she has reprised in four additional films in the Fast and Furious franchise to date.
 During her career, Rodriguez has played in a number of successful action films, including "Resident Evil", "S.W.A.T.", and "Avatar".
2 Fast 2 Furious (alternatively known as The Fast and the Furious 2) is a 2003 American action film directed by John Singleton, produced by Neal H. Moritz and written by Michael Brandt and Derek Haas.
 It is the second installment in "The Fast and the Furious" franchise, and a sequel to "The Fast and the Furious" (2001).
 The film stars Paul Walker, Tyrese Gibson, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Eva Mendes, and Cole Hauser.
 The film follows former cop Brian O'Conner, who teams up with Roman Pearce and U.S. Customs Service agent Monica Fuentes to bring down drug lord Carter Verone.
More Fast and Furious: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture The Fast and the Furious is the second of two soundtracks for the film "The Fast and the Furious".
 It was originally released on December 18, 2001, by Island Records.
 In contrast to the hip hop-oriented first soundtrack, this album contains alternative metal and nu metal songs, as well as selected tracks from the film score composed by BT.
Dominic "Dom" Toretto is a fictional character and one of the three main protagonists of "The Fast and the Furious" franchise, the other being Brian O'Conner and Sean Boswell.
 He is portrayed by Vin Diesel and was created by screenwriter Gary Scott Thompson.
 Dom is introduced in the first film of the series "The Fast and the Furious" (2001).
 He later appears in "Fast & Furious" (2009), "Fast Five" (2011), "Fast & Furious 6" (2013), "Furious 7" (2015), and "The Fate of the Furious" (2017), as well as the short film, "Los Bandoleros" (2009) and a cameo appearance at the end of "" (2006). "
2 Fast 2 Furious" (2003) is the only film in the franchise not to feature the character.
John Ortiz (born May 23, 1968) is an American actor and artistic director/co-founder of the LAByrinth Theater Company.
 He is known for his antagonist role as Arturo Braga in "Fast & Furious" (2009) and "Fast & Furious 6" (2013), and Clyde in "Jack Goes Boating" (2010), which earned him a Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actor.
The Fast and the Furious (also known as Fast & Furious) is an American franchise based on a series of action films that is largely concerned with illegal street racing and heists, and includes material in various other media that depicts characters and situations from the films.
 Distributed by Universal Pictures, the series was established with the 2001 film titled "The Fast and the Furious"; this was followed by seven sequels, two short films that tie into the series, and as of May 2017, it has become Universal's biggest franchise of all time, currently the sixth-highest-grossing film series of all time with a combined gross of over $5 billion.
The Fast and the Furious is a 2001 action crime film directed by Rob Cohen, produced by Neal H. Moritz and written by Gary Scott Thompson and David Ayer.
 It is the first installment in "The Fast and the Furious" franchise.
 The film stars Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Rick Yune, Chad Lindberg, Johnny Strong, and Matt Schulze.
 The film follows undercover cop Brian O'Conner, who is tasked with stopping a group of unknown hijackers using high-performance racecars to hijack 18-wheelers.
 It is an international co-production between the United States and Germany.