Merian C. Cooper

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adventurer aviator explorer film director film producer human military officer screenwriter

Merian C. Cooper was an American film director, producer, and adventurer best known for co-directing and producing the groundbreaking 1933 monster film "King Kong."

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Merian Caldwell Cooper 1

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instanceOf adventurer ⓘ
aviator ⓘ
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film producer ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
awardReceived Honorary Academy Award ⓘ
surface form: Academy Honorary Award

Distinguished Service Cross (United States) ⓘ
Virtuti Militari ⓘ
surface form: Order of Virtuti Militari

Cross of Valour (Poland) ⓘ
surface form: Polish Cross of Valour

Silver Star ⓘ
causeOfDeath cancer ⓘ
coDirected film King Kong (1933) ⓘ
surface form: King Kong
coProduced film King Kong (1933) ⓘ
surface form: King Kong
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1893-10-24 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1973-04-21 ⓘ
directed Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness ⓘ
Grass ⓘ
The Four Feathers (1929 film) ⓘ
educatedAt United States Naval Academy ⓘ
employer Argosy Pictures ⓘ
Pioneer Pictures ⓘ
RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
Selznick International Pictures ⓘ
familyName Cooper ⓘ
fullName Merian C. Cooper self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Merian Caldwell Cooper
genre adventure film ⓘ
documentary film ⓘ
fantasy film ⓘ
givenName Merian ⓘ
knownFor Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness ⓘ
Grass ⓘ
King Kong ⓘ
The Most Dangerous Game ⓘ
memberOf Kosciuszko Squadron ⓘ
militaryBranch Polish Air Force ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
United States Army Air Service ⓘ
name Merian C. Cooper self-link ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableWork Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness ⓘ
Grass ⓘ
King Kong ⓘ
numberOfChildren 3 ⓘ
occupation aviator ⓘ
documentary filmmaker ⓘ
film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
participatedIn Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
placeOfBirth Jacksonville, Florida ⓘ
surface form: Jacksonville, Florida, United States
placeOfDeath San Diego, California, United States ⓘ
positionHeld Brigadier general ⓘ
produced Fort Apache ⓘ
Rio Grande ⓘ
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon ⓘ
The Quiet Man ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Dorothy Jordan ⓘ
workedWith Ernest B. Schoedsack ⓘ
John Ford ⓘ

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James Ashmore Creelman → associatedWith → Merian C. Cooper ⓘ
Kong: Skull Island → basedOnWorkBy → Merian C. Cooper ⓘ
Ernest B. Schoedsack → coDirectedWith → Merian C. Cooper ⓘ
Ruth Rose → collaboratedWith → Merian C. Cooper ⓘ
Jack Driscoll → createdBy → Merian C. Cooper ⓘ
Carl Denham → creator → Merian C. Cooper ⓘ
Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness → director → Merian C. Cooper ⓘ
Grass → director → Merian C. Cooper ⓘ
film King Kong (1933) → director → Merian C. Cooper ⓘ
subject surface form: King Kong (1933 film)
Merian C. Cooper → fullName → Merian C. Cooper self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Merian Caldwell Cooper
Merian C. Cooper → name → Merian C. Cooper self-link ⓘ
Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness → producer → Merian C. Cooper ⓘ
Dr. Cyclops → producer → Merian C. Cooper ⓘ
Flying Down to Rio → producer → Merian C. Cooper ⓘ
Grass → producer → Merian C. Cooper ⓘ
film King Kong (1933) → producer → Merian C. Cooper ⓘ
subject surface form: King Kong (1933 film)
Little Women (1933 film) → producer → Merian C. Cooper ⓘ
Mighty Joe Young → producer → Merian C. Cooper ⓘ
subject surface form: Mighty Joe Young (1949 film)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon → producer → Merian C. Cooper ⓘ
Son of Kong → producer → Merian C. Cooper ⓘ
The Most Dangerous Game → producer → Merian C. Cooper ⓘ
subject surface form: The Most Dangerous Game (1932 film)
The Quiet Man → producer → Merian C. Cooper ⓘ
Mighty Joe Young → screenwriter → Merian C. Cooper ⓘ
subject surface form: Mighty Joe Young (1949 film)
film King Kong (1933) → storyBy → Merian C. Cooper ⓘ
subject surface form: King Kong (1933 film)
Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness → writer → Merian C. Cooper ⓘ
Grass → writer → Merian C. Cooper ⓘ