Nicole Lynn Cohen is a
writer based in Brooklyn, NY
writer based in Brooklyn, NY
Nicole Lynn Cohen
is a writer based in
Brooklyn, NY
is a writer based in
Brooklyn, NY
Nicole writes screenplays and fiction. Her work spans multiple genres and focuses on earnest, often overlooked characters fighting for agency against life’s uncontrollable factors. She is a 2025 Humanitas New Voices Fellow. Her favorite artistic medium is the sentence.
Most recently, she wrote and produced the short film Breadwinner, which has screened at the 21st HollyShorts Film Festival in Los Angeles, CA, and the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival, among others. In addition to screenwriting, Nicole heads development at Ser Nocturna, a women-led independent production company based in New York.
Most recently, she wrote and produced the short film Breadwinner, which has screened at the 21st HollyShorts Film Festival in Los Angeles, CA, and the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival, among others. In addition to screenwriting, Nicole heads development at Ser Nocturna, a women-led independent production company based in New York.
PRAISE
“‘You should talk to someone’ captures the essential strangeness of being human, how the ordinary and even tedious details of daily life are forever linked to the overwhelming mysteries and yearning secrets that shadow us. This is a beautiful, thoughtful, weird little piece. My hat is off.”
on “You should talk to someone”
“The narrative is perfectly aligned with the music. It’s got a deceptive sort of simplicity that’s heartbreaking and totally cinematic. The music, lyricism, characterizations, and events of the era all come off seamlessly.”
on Crying Laughing Loving Lying
“This is an engaging retelling of a classic story. The writing perfectly evokes a sense of time and place, replete with the Darwinian nature of schooling and its dialect and idioms. The picaresque trio railing against the stuffy establishment is a theme that endures due to its inherent universality.”
on Stalky & Co.
