Yellow Cab: A French Filmmaker's American Dream
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Yellow Cab: A French Filmmaker's American Dream by Benoit Cohen
- This book is the journal of French filmmaker Benoit Cohen's pursuit of his American dream by becoming a New York taxi driver French filmmaker Benoit Cohen decided, while doing research for the screenplay of his new movie, to become a taxi driver. After passing his license, he spent several months roaming the five Boroughs behind the wheel of a yellow cab that he rented every morning from a garage in Queens. This book is the journal of his extraordinary adventure - the story of the pursuit of his American dream. The book also includes Cohen's on-/off-duty activities of eating at New York's most famous restaurants and eateries. A directory of those are included in the back.
Born in 1969, Benoit Cohen is a French producer, filmmaker, and screenwriter. After studying filmmaking at NYU, he started his own production company, Shadows Films, produced several short films, and directed his first feature, Chameleone in 1996. Between 2000 and 2014, Cohen made five other feature films, a few documentaries and three TV Series. His last movie, You'll Be a Man was a significant success at film festivals around the United States (selected for more than 60 festivals and won 40 awards). In 2014, after moving to Brooklyn, Cohen drove a taxi cab around the five boroughs, for several months, to gain perspective for a screenplay about a French actress becoming a taxi driver in New York. He wrote Yellow Cab, a book about this experience, which was published in May 2017 by Pointed Leaf Press. Mohammad, My Mother & Me, is his second book to be published in the United States.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781938461354 |
| ISBN 10 | 1938461355 |
| Title | Yellow Cab: A French Filmmaker's American Dream |
| Author | Benoit Cohen |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Pointed Leaf Press |
| Year published | 2018-04-06 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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