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Merian C. Cooper

Highest Rated: 100% The Most Dangerous Game (1932)

Lowest Rated: 50% She (1935)

Birthday: Oct 24, 1893

Birthplace: Jacksonville, Florida, USA

Director, with Ernest Schoedsack, of exotic adventure films in the 1920s and 30s, most notably "King Kong" (1933). Cooper subsequently concentrated on producing, often in collaboration with John Ford, and received a Special Academy Award in 1952 for his "many innovations and contributions to the art of motion pictures."

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100% 73% The Most Dangerous Game Watchlist 100% 58% This Is Cinerama Watchlist 100% 67% Wagon Master Watchlist 100% 83% Fort Apache Watchlist 100% 65% The Lost Patrol Watchlist 100% 91% Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life Watchlist 97% 86% King Kong Watchlist 94% 70% Chang Watchlist 92% 79% She Wore a Yellow Ribbon Watchlist 91% 64% Mighty Joe Young Watchlist
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Merian C. Cooper

Merian C. Cooper KING KONG, producer Merian C. Cooper, Fay Wray in awe of King Kong on the film poster, 1933 KING KONG, Merian C. Cooper, Fay Wray, holding model cut out of King Kong`s hand, 1933 KING KONG, Fay Wray, producer Merian C. Cooper on set measuring King Kong's handprint, 1933 View more photos

Filmography

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King Kong 84% 50% 2005 Writer Mighty Joe Young 55% 41% 1998 Writer The Searchers 87% 88% 1956 Executive Producer 7 Wonders of the World 1956 Producer The Sun Shines Bright 60% 70% 1954 Producer This Is Cinerama 100% 58% 1952 Director, Producer The Quiet Man 91% 91% 1952 Producer Wagon Master 100% 67% 1950 Producer Rio Grande 75% 69% 1950 Producer Mighty Joe Young 91% 64% 1949 Producer She Wore a Yellow Ribbon 92% 79% 1949 Executive Producer 3 Godfathers 88% 78% 1948 Producer Fort Apache 100% 83% 1948 Executive Producer The Fugitive 67% 63% 1947 Producer The Toy Wife 1938 Producer Dancing Pirate 29% 1936 Executive Producer She 50% 49% 1935 Producer The Last Days of Pompeii 38% 1935 Producer The Lost Patrol 100% 65% 1934 Executive Producer Long Lost Father 1934 Executive Producer The Meanest Gal in Town 1934 Executive Producer Success at Any Price 1934 Executive Producer Hips, Hips, Hooray 38% 1934 Producer Finishing School 31% 1934 Producer Keep 'Em Rolling 1934 Executive Producer
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