- Neil Cohen is a playwright, journalist, television, and screenwriter who co-wrote and co-directed the underground indie cult comedy Chief Zabu (1988), a film - lost for 30 years - about a New York real estate developer who dreams of having political influence. Recently featured in The New York Times, Chief Zabu (1988) is a film that Peter Bogdanovich calls "Funny and Outrageous" and The Hollywood Reporter calls "A Comic Time Capsule with a Timeless Punch." Neil Cohen's plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, and his non-fiction writing has appeared in Los Angeles Magazine, Buzz, Playboy, LA Progressive, New Millennium Writings and New York Magazine. With Matt Piedmont he wrote 'Braxton,' now being developed for television. 'American Gargoyles,' a children's book written and illustrated by Neil Cohen, will be published Summer 2019 by Rare Bird. His 'jukebox operetta,' 'Da Ponte,' is in development with The Berkshire Stage. A dual US-Spanish citizen, Neil Cohen lives in Santa Monica California and Accord New York.
- IMDb mini biography by: Jasmin Williams
- The largest Tiki-themed restaurant in Florida, Ft. Lauderdale's The Mai-Kai, named a cocktail The Chief Zabu in honor of the cult film co-written and co-directed by Neil Cohen and Zack Norman.
- Neil Cohen's surprise discovery, in his barn in upstate New York, of cheerful and jokey J.D. Salinger letters spanning thirty years (postmarked from the publication of 'Catcher in the Rye' until the 1970's) formed the basis of Neil Cohen's much-lauded non-fiction Playboy article, "Love, Jerry," showing a lighter side of the purportedly reclusive author and his long-term friendship with a previously unknown muse.
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