Kahane Cooperman is an American documentary filmmaker and television
director and producer.Cooperman was born Kahane Rachel Corn, the
daughter of Beatrice and Dr. David Corn. She is a graduate of Walt
Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland.Cooperman graduated with a
B.A. in English from the University of Chicago and later a Masters of
Fine Arts in film from Columbia University.Her film Joe’s Violin
received a nomination for Best Documentary Short Subject at the 2017
Academy Awards. After its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival and
screenings worldwide, Joe’s Violin had its broadcast premiere on the
PBS series POV in July 2017, and can be seen online at NewYorker.com.
Currently, Kahane is directing and producing a feature documentary
about kindness and decency in America at Radical Media. Prior, she
executive produced seven short documentaries about autism, directing
two of them, for Jon Stewart’s Emmy-nominated Night of Too Many
Stars on HBO. That same year, Kahane was the showrunner, executive
producer, and a director of the 4-hour non-fiction series Cold
Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders with Joe Berlinger and Radical
Media. The series had its broadcast premiere on SundanceTV in November
2017. Kahane was also the executive producer and showrunner of The New
Yorker Presents, a series for Amazon with Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw
Productions, which premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. From
1996-2015, she had an integral role on the acclaimed television
program The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, where she was originally
hired as a field producer in 1996 and rose through the ranks to become
Co-Executive Producer from 2005-2015. For her work at The Daily Show,
she received eleven Primetime Emmy awards and three Peabody awards.
Kahane was honored in 2017 by Variety as a Woman of Impact.
director and producer.Cooperman was born Kahane Rachel Corn, the
daughter of Beatrice and Dr. David Corn. She is a graduate of Walt
Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland.Cooperman graduated with a
B.A. in English from the University of Chicago and later a Masters of
Fine Arts in film from Columbia University.Her film Joe’s Violin
received a nomination for Best Documentary Short Subject at the 2017
Academy Awards. After its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival and
screenings worldwide, Joe’s Violin had its broadcast premiere on the
PBS series POV in July 2017, and can be seen online at NewYorker.com.
Currently, Kahane is directing and producing a feature documentary
about kindness and decency in America at Radical Media. Prior, she
executive produced seven short documentaries about autism, directing
two of them, for Jon Stewart’s Emmy-nominated Night of Too Many
Stars on HBO. That same year, Kahane was the showrunner, executive
producer, and a director of the 4-hour non-fiction series Cold
Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders with Joe Berlinger and Radical
Media. The series had its broadcast premiere on SundanceTV in November
2017. Kahane was also the executive producer and showrunner of The New
Yorker Presents, a series for Amazon with Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw
Productions, which premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. From
1996-2015, she had an integral role on the acclaimed television
program The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, where she was originally
hired as a field producer in 1996 and rose through the ranks to become
Co-Executive Producer from 2005-2015. For her work at The Daily Show,
she received eleven Primetime Emmy awards and three Peabody awards.
Kahane was honored in 2017 by Variety as a Woman of Impact.
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