David S. Cohen is a reporter and features editor for Variety, where he covers visual effects and post-production and has spearheaded the venerable trade's expanded technology coverage, which includes his bi-weekly Techbytes column. His previous journalism experience includes entertainment, science and business coverage for publications around the world, including the South China Morning Post and Total Film magazine in England. He also worked in showbiz for more than twenty years, as everything from casting agent to off-off-broadway stage director and even as a writer for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. His book Screen Plays: How 25 Scripts Made It To a Theater Near You -- For Better or Worse, based on his popular "From Script to Screen" articles in Script magazine, is available from HarperCollins. He is currently working on a book on the art, science and business of 3D.
