years_active birth_place residence article_title name occupation
2008 -- present liverpool , england los angeles , california ross cohen -lrb- director -rrb-
 ross cohen producer , director , screenwriter
ross cohen -lrb- director -rrb-

ross cohen is a british film director and producer based in los angeles , california .
cohen was born and raised in liverpool , england and moved to los angeles to attend the graduate film program at the university of southern california .
cohen was awarded an alfred p. sloan production award to make his graduate thesis short film `` willowbrook '' , a film that premiered as official selection at the 2012 tribeca film festival , where it was nominated for the student visionary award and went on to win best short film at the 2012 boston film festival .
in march 2013 , during the premiere week of the successful netflix series `` house of cards '' and the papal elections at the vatican , cohen directed the viral parody trailer `` house of cardinals '' .
the project was praised by cast members , kevin spacey and by showrunner beau willimon , who invited cohen , along with his co-creator jonathan deutsch , to visit the `` house of cards '' set during the filming of season two .
in late 2013 , cohen directed a commercial spot for porsche titled `` fire and ice '' that played online and in laemmle , landmark and angelika theater chains throughout winter 2013 and spring 2014 .
in 2014 , cohen was named as one of bafta los angeles ' newcomers of the year .
cohen interned for paul thomas anderson on `` the master '' and for quentin tarantino on `` django unchained '' .
