Priscilla Cohen

Athlete, Brainstormer, Change agent, Concerned citizen, Global soul, Parent, Performer, Producer, Project manager, Writer/Editor

Priscilla Cohen is the senior executive producer at Wondros, a full-service production company with a focus on content that fosters social responsibility. Along with director and founder Jesse Dylan, she has been a force behind some of the most successful campaigns in commercial television, print, and interactive advertising. Her work focuses on telling the stories of some of the world’s most innovative projects, people, and organizations, including George Soros and The Open Society Foundations, MD Anderson Cancer Center, The Council on Foreign Relations, The Clinton Global Initiative, The Gates Foundation, The Guggenheim Museum, The Sundance Institute, The California Endowment, TED, The Getty Foundation, ONE, (RED), MIT Media Lab, Vanity Fair, IBM and many others. Prior to her work at Wondros, Cohen worked with Frank Oppenheimer at the San Francisco Exploratorium. She worked extensively in theatre Off-Broadway and at The Magic Theater in San Francisco. She became a film Executive at companies including Miramax, Geffen Pictures and Robert Redford’s Wildwood Productions, where she was integral to the development of Oscar winners “A River Runs Through It” and “The Cider House Rules”, as well as “Interview with the Vampire.” In addition, Cohen was the Executive Producer on the award-winning short film “Get Happy” and the film, “Within the Whirlwind,” starring Emily Watson, which was nominated for The European Time for Peace Award. Cohen received the Emmy Award for the music video “Yes We Can” inspired by Barack Obama’s historic run for president. She graduated from Vassar College.

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do one nice deed a day and soon you have a lifetime of good deeds

have had the opportunity to participate at TED as a storyteller over many years. it's the people and the ideas.... informs my thinking about the world

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