Billy Corben

Billy Corben

Nascimento : , Fort Myers, Florida, USA

História

William Cohen (born 1978), better known by the stage name Billy Corben, is an American documentary film director. As a co-founder of the Miami-based studio Rakontur, along with producing partner Alfred Spellman, he has created films such as Cocaine Cowboys, Dawg Fight, and ESPN's 30 for 30 The U and The U Part 2.

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Billy Corben

Filmes

Proibido por Deus: O Escândalo que Destruiu uma Dinastia
Director
Um jovem piscineiro de Miami tem um caso de sete anos com uma mulher mais velha e seu marido, o pastor evangélico e apoiador assíduo de Trump Jerry Falwell Jr. Com o tempo, o jovem se vê cada vez mais envolvido na vida supostamente perfeita dos Falwells.
Proibido por Deus: O Escândalo que Destruiu uma Dinastia
Executive Producer
Um jovem piscineiro de Miami tem um caso de sete anos com uma mulher mais velha e seu marido, o pastor evangélico e apoiador assíduo de Trump Jerry Falwell Jr. Com o tempo, o jovem se vê cada vez mais envolvido na vida supostamente perfeita dos Falwells.
537 Votos
Producer
Documentário que narra as maquinações políticas que levaram ao controverso resultado das eleições presidenciais de 2000, incluindo a caótica recontagem de votos na Flórida.
537 Votos
Director
Documentário que narra as maquinações políticas que levaram ao controverso resultado das eleições presidenciais de 2000, incluindo a caótica recontagem de votos na Flórida.
Screwball: Doping no Baseball
Writer
Como um suposto especialista em técnicas antienvelhecimento passou a vender esteroides, tornando-se a peça central do maior escândalo da história do beisebol?
Screwball: Doping no Baseball
Producer
Como um suposto especialista em técnicas antienvelhecimento passou a vender esteroides, tornando-se a peça central do maior escândalo da história do beisebol?
Screwball: Doping no Baseball
Director
Como um suposto especialista em técnicas antienvelhecimento passou a vender esteroides, tornando-se a peça central do maior escândalo da história do beisebol?
Dawg Fight
Producer
In a crime-plagued neighborhood near Miami, brutal, bare-knuckled backyard fights give young men a chance to earn money -- and self-respect.
Dawg Fight
Director
In a crime-plagued neighborhood near Miami, brutal, bare-knuckled backyard fights give young men a chance to earn money -- and self-respect.
The U Part 2
Director
Produced in 2009 by ESPN for its "30 for 30" series, "The U" was a look at all that was good and bad about the rise of the University of Miami's football program in the 1980s. But that wasn't the end of the story. "The U Part 2" picks up where the original film left off, with the program trying to recover from the devastation left by NCAA sanctions and scandals that had some calling for the school to drop football. The Hurricanes rose from those ashes to win another national championship, only to face new controversies when a booster used a Ponzi scheme to win favor with the program.
Cocaine Cowboys: Reloaded
Director
In the 1980s, ruthless Colombian cocaine barons invaded Miami with a brand of violence unseen in this country since Prohibition-era Chicago. Cocaine Cowboys is the true story of how Miami became the drug, murder and cash capital of the United States. But it isn't the whole story - Pulling from hundreds of hours of additional interviews and recently uncovered archival news footage, Cocaine Cowboys has been RELOADED: packed with footage and stories that have never been told about Griselda Blanco, the Medellín Cartel, and Miami's Cocaine Wars, with firsthand accounts by hit man Jorge 'Rivi' Ayala, cocaine trafficker Jon Roberts, smuggler Mickey Munday, and others. Cocaine Cowboys: Reloaded recreates Miami's Cocaine Wars like you've never experienced it.
Collision Course: The Murder of Don Aronow
Director
In the 1980's, powerboat racing was to Miami what polo was to Palm Beach: a sport for the rich with an insatiable appetite for speed and adventure. To this day, the most famous brand names associated with power boating were the creation of Don Aronow - Cigarette, Formula, Donzi, Blue Thunder. Aronow was a handsome family man who moved to Miami after making a fortune in New Jersey construction, but soon became world famous as a champion boat racer and international businessman, selling boats and fostering close personal relationships with some of the most powerful men in the world. But in Miami in the 1980's, the most formidable group with a need for speed on the water who also could afford the astronomical sticker prices on Don Aronow¹s Go-Fast boats were drug smugglers. "Collision Course: The Murder of Don Aronow" recounts the rarely told fast life and times of one of the world¹s most intriguing adventurers and explores, Don Aronow.
Broke
Writer
Mais dinheiro, mais problemas. Este documentário se aprofunda na psicologia de homens cuja natureza competitiva os levou à vitória no campo, mas parecia arruiná-los fora dele.
Broke
Producer
Mais dinheiro, mais problemas. Este documentário se aprofunda na psicologia de homens cuja natureza competitiva os levou à vitória no campo, mas parecia arruiná-los fora dele.
Broke
Director
Mais dinheiro, mais problemas. Este documentário se aprofunda na psicologia de homens cuja natureza competitiva os levou à vitória no campo, mas parecia arruiná-los fora dele.
Limelight
Director
A film about Peter Gatien, the owner of legendary New York nightclubs like Limelight, The Tunnel and the Palladium. The film documents his rise and fall from the 1980s through the 1990s.
The 'Scarface' Phenomenon
Self
This all-new documentary presents "Scarface" as a unique phenomenon in cinema history. It explores how a film plagued by controversy leading up to its release has become a Hollywood classic, influencing a whole new generation of filmmakers and leaving a lasting imprint on popular culture.
Square Grouper
Director
A colorful portrait of Miami's pot smuggling scene of the 1970s, populated with redneck pirates, a ganja-smoking church, and the longest serving marijuana prisoner in American history.
The U
himself
Throughout the 1980s, Miami, Florida, was at the center of a racial and cultural shift taking place throughout the country. Overwhelmed by riots and tensions, Miami was a city in flux, and the University of Miami football team served as a microcosm for this evolution. The image of the predominantly white university was forever changed when coach Howard Schnellenberger scoured some of the toughest ghettos in Florida to recruit mostly black players for his team. With a newly branded swagger, inspired and fueled by the quickly growing local Miami hip hop culture, these Hurricanes took on larger-than-life personalities and won four national titles between 1983 and 1991. Filmmaker Billy Corben, a Miami native and University of Miami alum, will tell the story of how these “Bad Boys” of football changed the attitude of the game they played, and how this serene campus was transformed into “The U.”
The U
Producer
Throughout the 1980s, Miami, Florida, was at the center of a racial and cultural shift taking place throughout the country. Overwhelmed by riots and tensions, Miami was a city in flux, and the University of Miami football team served as a microcosm for this evolution. The image of the predominantly white university was forever changed when coach Howard Schnellenberger scoured some of the toughest ghettos in Florida to recruit mostly black players for his team. With a newly branded swagger, inspired and fueled by the quickly growing local Miami hip hop culture, these Hurricanes took on larger-than-life personalities and won four national titles between 1983 and 1991. Filmmaker Billy Corben, a Miami native and University of Miami alum, will tell the story of how these “Bad Boys” of football changed the attitude of the game they played, and how this serene campus was transformed into “The U.”
The U
Director
Throughout the 1980s, Miami, Florida, was at the center of a racial and cultural shift taking place throughout the country. Overwhelmed by riots and tensions, Miami was a city in flux, and the University of Miami football team served as a microcosm for this evolution. The image of the predominantly white university was forever changed when coach Howard Schnellenberger scoured some of the toughest ghettos in Florida to recruit mostly black players for his team. With a newly branded swagger, inspired and fueled by the quickly growing local Miami hip hop culture, these Hurricanes took on larger-than-life personalities and won four national titles between 1983 and 1991. Filmmaker Billy Corben, a Miami native and University of Miami alum, will tell the story of how these “Bad Boys” of football changed the attitude of the game they played, and how this serene campus was transformed into “The U.”
Cocaine Cowboys II: Hustlin' with the Godmother
Director
Set in 1991 on the inner-city streets of Oakland, California, cocaine dealer Charles Cosby has his life is changed forever when he writes a fan letter to the "Cocaine Godmother" Griselda Blanco, who is serving time at a nearby federal prison. Six months later, Cosby is a multi-millionaire, Blanco's lover, and the head of her $40 million a year cocaine business.
Cocaine Cowboys
Editor
Nos anos 1980, barões implacáveis da cocaína invadiram Miami com uma marca de violência nunca vista no país desde os acontecimentos de Chicago na era da Proibição. A verdadeira história de como Miami se tornou a capital americana da droga, do assassinato e do dinheiro.
Cocaine Cowboys
Producer
Nos anos 1980, barões implacáveis da cocaína invadiram Miami com uma marca de violência nunca vista no país desde os acontecimentos de Chicago na era da Proibição. A verdadeira história de como Miami se tornou a capital americana da droga, do assassinato e do dinheiro.
Cocaine Cowboys
Director
Nos anos 1980, barões implacáveis da cocaína invadiram Miami com uma marca de violência nunca vista no país desde os acontecimentos de Chicago na era da Proibição. A verdadeira história de como Miami se tornou a capital americana da droga, do assassinato e do dinheiro.
Raw Deal: A Question Of Consent
Producer
A documentary about the circumstances during a party at a University of Florida fraternity that led up to what may or may not have been a rape. Interspersed with actual footage shot by the fraternity brothers on the night of the incident, including the sexual acts. This video led to the police not pressing charges and the involvement of NOW, and eventually led to the fraternity getting kicked off campus.
Raw Deal: A Question Of Consent
Director
A documentary about the circumstances during a party at a University of Florida fraternity that led up to what may or may not have been a rape. Interspersed with actual footage shot by the fraternity brothers on the night of the incident, including the sexual acts. This video led to the police not pressing charges and the involvement of NOW, and eventually led to the fraternity getting kicked off campus.
Stepmonster
Todd Dougherty
Todd Dougherty has an imagination driven by comic books. So when he accuses his soon-to-be stepmother of being a monster, no one believes him. When neighbors start turning up dead, it becomes a race against time for Todd to stop this hideous, carnivorous creature from marrying his dad and ruining his life.
Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again
Jordan 'Jughead Junior' Jones
The classic comic book characters created by John L. Goldwater are brought to tv in a slightly older version. Here the characters are adults returning to their high school reunion and remembering old times and romances from good old Riverdale High