Arthur Cohn
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Arthur Cohn (born February 4, 1927 in Basel, Switzerland) is a film producer. He has received four Oscars for his films (3 Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film and 1 Academy Award for Documentary Feature) and was awarded the Guardian of Zion Award in 2004.
His probably most important film is Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini (1970, directed by Vittorio De Sica). His most recent film is Les Choristes (2004, directed by Christopher Barratier); a major hit in France. He also produced films by Kevin Macdonald (One Day in September) and Walter Salles (Central do Brasil, Abril Despedaçado).