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      Merian C. Cooper

      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."

      Photos

      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

      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      84% 50% King Kong Writer $218.1M 2005
      54% 40% Mighty Joe Young Writer $50.6M 1998
      87% 88% The Searchers Executive Producer - 1956
      No Score Yet No Score Yet 7 Wonders of the World Producer - 1956
      60% 71% The Sun Shines Bright Producer - 1954
      100% 56% This Is Cinerama Director,
      Producer
      - 1952
      91% 91% The Quiet Man Producer - 1952
      100% 67% Wagon Master Producer - 1950
      71% 70% Rio Grande Producer - 1950
      91% 64% Mighty Joe Young Producer - 1949
      92% 79% She Wore a Yellow Ribbon Executive Producer - 1949
      87% 78% 3 Godfathers Producer - 1948
      100% 83% Fort Apache Executive Producer - 1948
      75% 61% The Fugitive Producer - 1947
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Toy Wife Producer - 1938
      50% 50% She Producer - 1935
      No Score Yet 36% The Last Days of Pompeii Producer - 1935
      100% 64% The Lost Patrol Executive Producer - 1934
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Success at Any Price Executive Producer - 1934
      No Score Yet 33% Finishing School Producer - 1934
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Keep 'Em Rolling Executive Producer - 1934
      No Score Yet 19% Chance at Heaven Executive Producer - 1933
      No Score Yet 40% Ace of Aces Producer - 1933
      No Score Yet 17% Before Dawn Executive Producer - 1933
      89% 78% Little Women Executive Producer - 1933
      97% 86% King Kong Director,
      Producer
      - 1933
      83% 50% Flying Down to Rio Executive Producer - 1933
      No Score Yet 40% Bed of Roses Producer,
      Executive Producer
      - 1933
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Silver Cord Executive Producer - 1933
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Melody Cruise Producer,
      Executive Producer
      - 1933
      No Score Yet No Score Yet After Tonight Producer - 1933
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Flaming Gold Producer - 1933
      No Score Yet 30% Professional Sweetheart Executive Producer - 1933
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Right to Romance Producer - 1933
      100% 73% The Most Dangerous Game Associate Producer - 1932
      No Score Yet 100% Four Feathers Director - 1929
      94% 73% Chang Director,
      Producer,
      Writer
      - 1927
      100% 91% Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life Director - 1925