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Martin 'Marty' Cohen — who during his career headed postproduction at Amblin Entertainment, Dreamworks and Paramount Pictures — died May 17
He then transitioned to Paramount Pictures, where he oversaw feature postproduction for all the studio’s releases through 2010. He was also a co-producer on A dedicated film preservationist, during his career Cohen additionally supervised the restoration of classics including Francis Ford Coppola’sLast October, Cohen was awarded the Motion Picture Editors Guild’s Fellowship and Service Award.
At that event, he said, “When you’re on a film, you’re part of a family — a family that grows in size and meaning with each new project and story you give your life and time to. These people became my extended family. They showed me that this work could be a key ingredient in becoming a better human being. They taught me how to prioritize empathy and humanity not only on screen, but in the places where it mattered most — in our very real lives and relationships, both in and out of the cutting room.” At the same event, Kahn said, "there has been one constant giving us all that sense of Amblin, that sense of home in every single room, no matter where it is. And that’s Marty.” In the event's program book, Jeffrey Katzenberg called Cohen “one of the unsung heroes of our industry." Amblin's vp of postproduction Mark Graziano called Cohen the "godfather of post" but noted that "first and foremost he's a teacher, not only in filmmaking but in life." Editor Dody Dorn remembered how he "always had an open door to discuss the subtleties for surviving and thriving in postproduction, and two-time Oscar winning rerecording mixer Andy Nelson shared that Cohen had a laugh “that lights up a room.” He is survived by his wife, Kathy, a retired physical therapist; his daughter, Maggie, a Riverside public defender; son Gabriel, a marriage and family counselor, and his wife Zynette; son Hershel, who works at EFILM, and his wife Marysa; and son Elijah, a middle school history teacher, and his wife Brianne; and two grandchildren, Alexis and Maya; Due to circumstances and safety precautions around the pandemic, the family will have a private burial at Hillside Memorial Park and Mortuary on May 22. A celebration of life will follow at a later date, tentatively set for April of 2021. The family has asked that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Martin Cohen Memorial Scholarship Fund at Queen's College.
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