Jacob Cohn (October 27, 1889 – December 8, 1956) was an American film producer and executive, who was the co-founder of Columbia Pictures Corporation.

He focused on newsreels and became editor and producer of Universal Weekly and established bureaus in key cities to provide the news.

[1] In 1919, the Cohn brothers joined forces with fellow IMP employee Joe Brandt and went on to found CBC Film Sales Corporation.

Jack became supervisor of the New York office in charge of sales, while Harry moved to California to oversee the studio operations.

[1][7] In 1939, Cohn founded the Motion Picture Pioneers, an organization for men who had served in the industry for more than 25 years.