Barry Michael Cooper
Sign in to saveAmerican writer, producer and director (1957/8–2025)
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- Above the rim
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Harlem, New York, USA
Barry Michael Cooper (June 12, 1958 – January 22, 2025) was an American writer, producer, and director, best known for his screenplays for the films New Jack City (1991), Sugar Hill (1994), and Above the Rim (1994), sometimes called his "Harlem Trilogy". Cooper began his writing career as a music critic for The Village Voice, serving later as an investigative reporter for the New York City…
Known for
- Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall — Self2016
- Inside the Label2016
- Classic Albums: Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt — Self2007
- Classic Albums — Self1997
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Barry
- Family name
- Cooper
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- United States
- Place of death
- Baltimore
- Occupation
- screenwriter
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- ethnic group
- African Americans
- date of death
- 2025-01-22
- date of birth
- 1958-00-00
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