Merian C. Cooper
Tampilan
Merian C. Cooper | |
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Lahir | Merian Caldwell Cooper 24 Oktober 1893 Jacksonville, Florida, AS |
Meninggal | 21 April 1973 San Diego, California, AS | (umur 79)
Sebab meninggal | Kanker |
Kebangsaan | Amerika |
Almamater | Akademi Angkatan Laut Amerika Serikat Institut Teknologi Georgia |
Pekerjaan | Sutradara produser film perwira militer |
Karier militer | |
Pengabdian | Amerika Serikat Polandia |
Dinas/cabang | Angkatan Laut Amerika Serikat Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat Angkatan Udara Polandia |
Lama dinas | 1912–1915 1916–1919 1919–1921 1941–1945 |
Pangkat | Jenderal Brigadir (AS) |
Perang/pertempuran | Perang Perbatasan Perang Dunia I Perang Polandia-Soviet Perang Dunia II |
Penghargaan | Medali Pelayanan Perbatasan Meksiko Medali Kemenangan Perang Dunia I Medali Kampanye Asiatik-Pasifik Medali Kemenangan Perang Dunia II Ordo Virtuti Militari Salib Valour |
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Merian Caldwell Cooper (24 Oktober 1893 – 21 April 1973) adalah seorang penerbang Amerika, perwira Angkatan Udara Amerika Serikat dan Angkatan Udara Polandia, petualang, penulis latar, sutradara film dan produser. Film paling terkenalnya adalah film 1933 King Kong.
Biografi
[sunting | sunting sumber]Kehidupan awal
[sunting | sunting sumber]Merian Caldwell Cooper lahir dari pasangan John C. Cooper, orang Amerika keturunan Inggris, dan mantan istrinya Mary Caldwell, di Jacksonville, Florida. Ia dididik di Sekolah Lawrenceville di New Jersey dan masuk Akademi Angkatan Laut AS pada 1912 namun mengundurkan diri pada 1915 (tahun senior-nya)
Kehidupan selanjutnya
[sunting | sunting sumber]Cooper meninggal karena kanker di San Diego.[1]
Kehidupan pribadi
[sunting | sunting sumber]Cooper adalah ayah dari penerjemah dan penulis Polandia Maciej Słomczyński. Ia menikah dengan aktris film Dorothy Jordan.
Karier film
[sunting | sunting sumber]Sebagian filmografi
[sunting | sunting sumber]Tahun | Judul | Sutradara | Produser | Penulis | Sinematografer | Produser eksekutif | Aktor (Peran) |
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1925 | Grass | Ya | Ya | Ya | Ya | Diri sendiri | |
1927 | Chang | Ya | Ya | Ya | Ya | ||
1928 | Gow the Head Hunter | Ya | |||||
1929 | The Four Feathers | Ya | Ya | Ya | |||
1931 | Gow the Killer | Ya | |||||
1932 | Roar of the Dragon | Ya | |||||
1933 | Headline Shooter | Ya | Ya | ||||
1933 | King Kong | Ya | Ya | Ya | Pilot pesawat yang dibunuh Kong (tidak disebutkan) | ||
1933 | Flying Devils | Ya | |||||
1933 | The Son of Kong | Ya | |||||
1935 | She | Ya |
Catatan
[sunting | sunting sumber]- ^ D'Arc, James V.; Gillespie, John N. (2013). "Merian C. Cooper obituary, funeral, and memorial service papers". Brigham Young University. This biography of Cooper serves as an introduction to his papers, which are held by Brigham Young University.
Referensi
[sunting | sunting sumber]- Cooper, Merian C. (February 1928). "The Warfare of the Jungle Folk: Campaigning Against Tigers, Elephants, and Other Wild Animals in Northern Siam". National Geographic: 233–68.
- Cisek, Janusz (2002). Kosciuszko, We Are Here!. McFarland. ISBN 9780786412402. OCLC 49871871.
- I'm King Kong!—The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper (2005), TCM documentary on Cooper, directed by Kevin Brownlow.
- Cotta Vaz, Mark (2005). Living Dangerously: The Adventures of Merian C. Cooper, Creator of King Kong. Peter Jackson (introduction). Villard. ISBN 9781400062768. OCLC 56895256. This Cotta Vaz' biography was reviewed in The New York Times; see Smith, Dinitia (13 Agustus 2005). "Getting That Monkey Off His Creator's Back". The New York Times.
Pranala luar
[sunting | sunting sumber]- Merian C. Cooper di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)
- Family Tree
- Inventory of the Merian C. Cooper papers di Arsip-Arsip Institusi Hoover di Universitas Stanford
- Cooper`s polish-soviet war Diarsipkan 2007-10-12 di Wayback Machine.
- mini-bio and pictures of Cooper as a teenager Diarsipkan 2009-02-01 di Wayback Machine. on JaxHistory.Com
- (Inggris) Merian C. Cooper di Find a Grave