Stuart Cooper

Stuart Cooper's films have won more than twenty international awards. Notably the Silver Medal at the Venice Film Festival, the Gold Medal at the Moscow Film Festival, the Prix CIDALC Gandhi Peace Award and in consecutive years two Silver Bears at the Berlin International Film Festival. Cooper trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and appeared in films with Orson Welles and as one of the dozen in "The Dirty Dozen." He established a London based production company where he began writing and directing documentaries and features. Cooper established his partnership with the late Oscar-winning photographer John Alcott who also collaborated and served as Stanley Kubrick's longtime cinematographer on "A Clockwork Orange," Barry Lyndon" and "The Shining." Cooper's war film "Overlord" rediscovered at the Telluride Film Festival has become a classic. "Overlord" has since been distributed theatrically worldwide with an acclaimed DVD distributed by the Criterion Collection. Recently hailed by a laureate of esteemed critics including Roger Ebert, A.O. Scott, Joe Morgenstern and Kevin Thomas, the film has now been included on all time top 10 lists alongside films such as "The 400 Blows," "The Seventh Seal" and "The Seven Samurai." "Overlord" was honored in the 2014 Cannes Classic Film Festival and Lumiere Grand Lyon Film Festival followed by an international Bluray release. Cooper's film Little Malcolm, produced by George Harrison was remastered by Cooper and released by the British Film Institute on DVD/Bluray in 2011 in conjunction with Martin Scorsese's documentary on George Harrison. Cooper's cult film The Disappearance starring Donald Sutherland and Christopher Plummer has been released on Bluray by Twilight Time to critical acclaim in 2013. Cooper's mini-series credits includes "The Fortunate Pilgrim" (NBC), Italian Prize winner, based on Mario Puzo's autobiography starring Sophia Loren, Edward James Olmos, Hal Holbrook, John Turturro, and Annabella Sciorra. "The Long Hot Summer" (NBC), Emmy nominated, starring Don Johnson, Cybil Shepherd, Jason Robards, Judith Ivy, and Ava Gardner. "A.D. - Anno Domini" (NBC), the acclaimed twelve-hour, sixty- million dollar mini-series, written by Anthony Burgess, starring James Mason, Ava Gardner, Susan Sarandon, Richard Kiley, Coleen Dewhurst, Jack Warden, John Houseman, and Fernando Rey.