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July 2005
 Norman
Cohn is a co-founder of Igloolik Isuma Productions,
with Zacharias Kunuk and the late Paul Apak Angilirq. Isuma was
formed with the mission of making video through a collaborative,
non-hierarchal process that reflects the values of the local Inuit
community. Isuma won international acclaim with the production
of Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, a narrative feature film
version of a traditional Inuit story. Cohn took on many roles
during production of Atanarjuat, serving as co-writer,
co-producer, production manager, co-editor and cinematographer,
shooting the film in wide-screen digital Betacam for transfer
to 35mm film. The film won 6 Genie Awards, and director Zacharias
Kunuk won the Camera d'Or for Best First Feature at the 2001 Cannes
Film Festival. Cohn and Kunuk have been working together in Igoolik
since 1985, and the pair's honors include the 1994 Bell Canada
Award for Outstanding Achievement in Video Art. Cohn's solo video
works have screened at the Art Gallery of Ontario, the National
Gallery of Canada, the Vancouver Art Gallery, and Dokumenta 7
in Kassel, Germany. He is a Guggenheim Fellow and grew up in New
York City.
Screened by NMAI
Image credit:
Norman Cohn - courtesy of Igloolik Isuma Productions
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