Education:
1992- 1998 Havo, Sancta Maria, Haarlem. Graduated
1998- 2000 VWO, Sancta Maria, Haarlem. Graduated
2000- 2001 1st year Psychology at the University of Amsterdam.
2005- 2009 Production, Dutch Film & Television Academy, graduated
2009 BINGER FILMLAB Script development workshop Franz Rodenkirchen
2010 BINGER FILMLAB COMPANY!
Keren Cogan was born in Beer – Sheva, Israel in 1981. In 1993 she moved to the Netherlands.
As she always had a passion for film, she started working on film sets in various positions. After a few wanderings she began studying Production at the Dutch Film Academy (NFTA)in 2004.
In her third year at the film academy Keren worked as an junior producer (internship) at Phanta Vision Film International.
In 2009 Keren graduated working as a producer on two films: the documentary film TZIRK (director Nova van Dijk) and fiction film WES (director Peter Hoogendoorn)( Cineville Audience Award 2009,Leids Filmfestival IJzeren Haring Award 2010, Cinestud filmestival Audience Award 2010).
After graduating Keren got the chance to start her own company Keren Cogan Productions within Phanta Visions Producers Label, working on the development and financing of various film projects, of which the firsth one Kattenkwaad (Cat andMice)( Dutch entry Academy Awards Life Action Short 2010).
Productions:
-KATTENKWAAD (CAT and MICE) (2010)
Writer Laura van Dijk, Director Nova van Dijk
10 min, HD, colour, NPS-KORT, in co- production with NTR with the support of The Netherlands Film Fund, Dutch Cultural Media Fund and CoBO-Fund
Producer: Keren Cogan Productions & Phanta Vision Film International
-OVERNIGHT (in development/finance)
Writer & Director Joke Liberge
Feature film, Co- producer Thomas Leyers of Minds Meet
Script developed within the Writers Lab BINGER Filmlab
-UNIFORM (in development)
Writer & Director Peter Hoogendoorn
Feature film, selected for Writers Lab 2010 Binger Filmlab
Producer Keren Cogan Productions & Phanta Vision Film International
-AN IDYLL (in development, Finance)
Writer Robert van Dijk, Director Néstor Sampieri
Short Film, intiated by Cinemaztlán Mexican film festival suported by BINGER Filmlab
Producer Keren Cogan Productions & Phanta Vision Film International
Co- producer Pimienta Films