Etan Cohen

Birth Name:

Etan Cohen

Birth Place:

Israel

Profession

Writer, Producer, Director, Script department

Nominated, with Tom McGrath, for a 2009 Annie Award for Best Writing in an Animated Feature Production for "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa․"
Won an Annie Award for Writing in an Animated Television Production for the "Ceci N'est Pas Une" episode of "King of the Hill․"
Won Best Short Film at the U․S․ Comedy Arts Festival in 2007 for "My Wife Is Retarded․"
Graduated from Harvard College in Cambridge, Mass
Wrote for the "Harvard Lampoon" while he was in college
Quote: "It's hard to second-guess what other people will like․ Easier to just write for yourself․"
Quote: "I think as a writer you can get too precious about words and forget about the power of physical comedy or just the presence of your stars․"
Has written for a number of projects directed by Mike Judge, including "Beavis and Butthead," "King of the Hill" and "Idiocracy․"
Drawn to comedic material that holds some truth, social satire, social criticism or observation
Stated that he got a sense of victory out of seeing people complain about "Tropic Thunder" on the internet who hadn't even seen the movie

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