Scott Cooper (Director)
Scott Cooper (* 1970 in Abingdon , Virginia ) is an American film director , producer , screenwriter and actor .
Career
After graduating from high school in his hometown, Cooper trained as an actor at the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute in New York and studied at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia.
His rather insignificant acting career with mini roles in Austin Powers - Spy in a secret missionary position , The X-Files - The Scary Cases of the FBI and Broken Trail bore fruit when he met actor Robert Duvall while filming the civil war drama Gods and Generals , with whose help he was able to direct his first major feature film, Crazy Heart , in 2009 . This got very good reviews and was successful; Leading actor Jeff Bridges won the Golden Globe and the Oscar for best actor.
In 2013 his second feature film, the thriller Eye for an Eye with Christian Bale , Casey Affleck , Woody Harrelson , Zoë Saldaña , Forest Whitaker , Willem Dafoe and Sam Shepard came to the cinema. It was produced by Ridley Scott and Leonardo DiCaprio , but only got 52 percent approval on Rotten Tomatoes and was called a flop with just $ 5.3 million in revenue on the opening weekend .
Cooper's next film, Black Mass , was about the life of gangster James J. Bulger . The main role was played by Johnny Depp . The film was shown out of competition on September 4, 2015 at the Venice International Film Festival .
Filmography (selection)
- As an actor
- 1999: Austin Powers - Spy Who Shagged Me (Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me)
- 1999: The X-Files - The FBI's Scary Cases ( The X-Files , TV series, episode 7x05)
- 2001: The District - Operation in Washington ( The District , TV series, episode 2x01)
- 2006: Broken Trail (Miniseries)
- As a director
- 2009: Crazy Heart
- 2013: An Eye for an Eye (Out of the Furnace)
- 2015: Black Mass
- 2017: Enemies - Hostiles (Hostiles)
Web links
- Scott Cooper in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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SURNAME | Cooper, Scott |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1970 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Abingdon , Virginia, United States |