1198. Jared Cohn Encore

Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love

Don Hutcheson

Careers, Self-improvement, Education, Business

5.0 • 619 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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"It was really sort of a Blitzkrieg assault approach where I wrote many, many scripts and emailed everybody I knew, and entered scripts into screenwriting competitions.

"While I was living in New York I paid for a pitch fest in L.A. I flew out there to this event where you had five minutes to pitch different companies, like Lionsgate Motion Pictures. It was like speed dating for screenwriters. Eventually, I got one of my scripts into the hands of The Asylum and that eventually became 'Born Bad,' which was a made-for Lifetime TV movie. When they told me they liked that script and they wanted me, well, that was amazing!"

Jared Cohn is a film/TV director, writer, and producer based in Los Angeles, CA. He has directed over 50 films that have been produced and distributed by major studios and distributed by major studios and production companies such as Netflix, Hulu, Showtime, Syfy, Lifetime, and many more.

His book, 50 Movies Made: Lessons Learned on a Filmmaker's Journey, chronicles his life through the Hollywood trenches and how he achieved his lifelong dream on the other side. In the book, he discusses all areas of the movie making process, from screenwriting and preproduction to production, post-production and distribution.

This May 2026 airing of Jared Cohn was originally aired in December 2024. Be sure to visit his website to see what he has been working on recently.

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0:00.0	Hello, world. Welcome to discover your talent, do what you love. I'm your host, Don Hutchison.
0:16.7	Every Tuesday, I interview someone from around the world who's discovered their talents to do work they love to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom.
0:26.6	Today, I'm Delano to bring you our featured guest, Jared Cohn. Welcome, Jared.
0:32.6	It's absolutely my pleasure to be here. Thank you so much for having me.
0:36.6	Wonderful. Jared, are you using your talents to him with that you love?
0:41.3	I like to think so. Yeah. Good. Well, you've got an amazing story. We want to hear it all from start to finish.
0:47.9	Jared Cohn is a film TV director, writer, and producer based in Los Angeles. He's directed over 50 films that have
0:57.2	been produced and distributed by major studios and distributed by companies such as Netflix, Hulu,
1:03.4	Showtime, Sci-Fi, Lifetime, and many more. His book, 50 movies made, Lessons Learned on
1:10.8	the filmmaker's Journey, chronicles his
1:13.0	life through the Hollywood trenches and how he achieved his lifelong dream on the other side.
1:18.3	In the book, he discusses all areas of the moviemaking process from screenwriting and pre-production
1:23.8	to production, post-production, and distribution.
1:27.6	Well, Jared, you've got an amazing story to share, to say the very least.
1:31.5	Well, as you know, as we've discussed, everyone's life is about turning points or passages
1:36.3	from the day we're born until we leave this plan of existence.
1:40.0	So take us back to where it all began, family of origin, and tell us about the people and choices and changes who've gotten you where you are today.
1:48.5	Who were your parents? What did your parents do? Tell us about the very, very early its days, because as you know, as the twig is bent, so will it grow.
1:55.2	I was very fortunate. A mother is a world-class painter, and still is to this day.
2:00.7	Karen Cohn, her work is just spectacular all over New York and other places.
2:06.6	And so growing up I had all beautiful paintings and everything.
2:12.6	My father also was an amateur photographer, but very much into it and was spent a lot of time with him looking at his photos.
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