David Oliver Cohen

In 2010, Cohen, his brother Tanner Cohen and Lara Schoenhals created a Twitter account called White Girl Problems, writing under the pseudonym Babe Walker, a fictional 20-something socialite.[1][3] They signed a deal to turn the Twitter feed into a book series, with the first novel, White Girl Problems, published in 2012 under the pen name Babe Walker.[4][5] It became a New York Times best-seller the following month.[6] The follow-up, Psychos, was published in 2014,[2][7] and American Babe, the final novel in the trilogy, was published in 2016.[3] The film rights to White Girl Problems were purchased by Lionsgate in 2013.[8] In 2016, it was announced that the film was in development, to be directed by Lauren Palmigiano and produced by Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman,[8] and to star Danielle Macdonald.[9]

Under the pseudonym Taylor Bell, a fictional college freshman, Cohen and his brother co-wrote the 2015 novel Dirty Rush.[10] In 2015, it was announced that TriStar had purchased the rights to Dirty Rush, with the film to be produced by Banks and Handelman.[11]

Credited to The Fat Jew, the 2015 book Money Pizza Respect was written by Josh Ostrovsky and Cohen, as a collection of comedic personal essays based on Ostrovsky's life.[12]

Cohen starred as Daniel McDaniel on the Nickelodeon show Taina for two years, starting in 2001.[2][13][14] Following that, he performed as the lead, narrator and filmmaker Mark Cohen, in the national tour of the musical Rent.[14][15][16] From 2006 to 2007, he portrayed Kip Lonegan on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns.[14]

Cohen produced the documentary Sex Positive, which profiles safe sex activist Richard Berkowitz and premiered at the 2008 South by Southwest Film Festival.[17] He directed and produced the 2010 documentary Fast Boy, about a young man's struggle with cancer.[14]

In 2015, Cohen, Josh Ostrovsky, Tanner Cohen and Alexander Ferzan co-founded the company Swish Beverages, producer of several wines including White Girl Rosé and Babe Rosé With Bubbles.[18][19][20]