Paul Cohen graduated from the School of Journalism in Utrecht and from the Dutch Film and Television Academy in Amsterdam. He has worked as a director/cameraman for the documentary program Diogenes of the VPRO in countries such as Sudan, Bosnia, Northern Ireland, Sri Lanka, Cameroon, Russia, the US, Germany and Siberia. Together with co-director Martijn van Haalen, he received an award in 2001 for ‘Dutch Heroes’ and in 2006 an award for ‘Photo Souvenir’. In 2010 he received a Crystal Film and an Image & Sound Award for his beautiful documentary about the star violinist Janine Jansen. Paul has made more than 30 cinema and television documentaries and has received numerous awards and nominations for his work.