The only producer (of full-length features) ever to have won five Academy Awards, and the only foreign producer ever honored with a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, the Swiss-born Arthur Cohn has built a reputation for producing films of uncompromising vision and artistry. Born in Basel, Switzerland, Cohn studied international law, and was a journalist and author before turning to producing. His first film was the Oscar®-winning documentary THE SKY ABOVE, THE MUD BELOW (1961). Later in the decade, he teamed up with Vittorio De Sica, handling most of the director's late films, including A PLACE FOR LOVERS (1969), WE'LL CALL HIM ANDREA (1972), A BRIEF VACATION (1973), and the Oscar-winning THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS (1971). Cohn captured his next two Best Foreign Film Oscars with BLACK AND WHITE IN COLOR (1976), a satirical anti-war story set in Africa's Ivory Coast, and the French-produced DANGEROUS MOVES (1984), a drama set in the high-tension world of international championship chess, starring Michel Piccoli and Liv Ullman. He also made notable returns to the realm of documentary with THE FINAL SOLUTION (1983), a study of the Holocaust featuring Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal, and with Barbara Kopple's landmark saga of a six-year labor dispute at a Minnesota meat-packing plant, AMERICAN DREAM (1990). ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER's Oscar for Best Documentary of 1999 made Cohn's total of five wins a unique achievement. Subsequent producer credits include ABRIL DESPEDEAÇADO / BEHIND THE SUN (2001), LES CHORISTES (2004), THE CHILDREN OF HUANG SHI (2007), and YELLOW HANDKERCHIEF (2008). Cohn was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Boston University, and was bestowed the title Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Government.  Documentary (Features) 1961: THE SKY ABOVE, THE MUD BELOW - Producer (w. Rene Lafuite)  Foreign Language Film Award 1971: THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS (Italy) - Producer  Foreign Language Film Award 1976: BLACK AND WHITE IN COLOR (Ivory Coast) - Producer  Nominated for Documentary (Features) 1980: THE YELLOW STAR - THE PERSECUTION OF THE JEWS IN EUROPE 1933-45 - Producer (w. Bengt Von Zur Muehlen)  Achievement in Documentary Features 1990: AMERICAN DREAM - Producer (w. Barbara Kopple)  Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year 1998: CENTRAL STATION (Brazil) - Producer  Achievement in Documentary Features 1999: ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER - Producer (w. Kevin Macdonald)  Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year 2004: LES CHORISTES (France) - Producer 8 nominations, 5 Awards