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Merian C. Cooper
Director 1893 - 1973

Merian C. Cooper

Jacksonville, Florida, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Merian Caldwell Cooper (October 24, 1893 – April 21, 1973) was an American aviator, United States Air Force and Polish Air Force officer, adventurer, screenwriter, film director, and producer. Cooper was the founder of the Kościuszko... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

4 titles
This Is Cinerama

This Is Cinerama

Merian C. Cooper, Gunther von Fritsch 1952 1h 55m 6.0

Designed to introduce the then-new widescreen process Cinerama, audiences experience the roller coaster at Rockaways' Playland, the temple dance from Aida, Niagara Falls, a Viennese choir, the canals of Venice, a military tattoo in Edinburgh, a bullfight, and more.

King Kong

King Kong

Ernest B. Schoedsack, Merian C. Cooper 1933 1h 40m 8.4

An adventure film about a film crew in search of a monster on a remote island. The crew finds King Kong and decides to take him back to New York as a money making spectacle. The film is a masterpiece of Stop-Motion in filmmaking history and inspired a line of King Kong films.

Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness

Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness

Ernest B. Schoedsack, Merian C. Cooper 1927 1h 9m 7.5

Elephants disrupt the lives of a family deep in the jungles of Northern Siam, and an entire village.

Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life

Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life

Ernest B. Schoedsack, Merian C. Cooper 1925 1h 11m 8.0

A silent documentary which follows a branch of the Bakhtiari tribe of Persia as they and their herds make their seasonal journey to better pastures.

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