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Merian C. Cooper

1893 - 1973

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Merian Caldwell Cooper (October 24, 1893 – April 21, 1973) was an American filmmaker, actor, producer and air officer. In film, his most famous work was the 1933 movie King Kong, and he is credited as co-inventor of the Cinerama film projection process. He was awarded an honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement in 1952 and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. He was a passionate anti-communist.: 225  Before entering the movie business, Cooper fought in the World War I as a pilot in the United States Army Air Service and later in the Polish Air Force. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Merian C. Cooper is the 373rd most popular film director (up from 418th in 2019), the 2,764th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,656th in 2019) and the 104th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Merian C. Cooper ranks 373 out of 2,041. Before him are Édouard Molinaro, Leos Carax, Márta Mészáros, Walerian Borowczyk, Giuseppe De Santis, and Jan de Bont. After him are Juan Antonio Bardem, Raúl Ruiz, Martin Ritt, Nadine Trintignant, Marcel Camus, and Jacques Doillon.

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Among people born in 1893, Merian C. Cooper ranks 88. Before him are Luigi Carlo Borromeo, Armand Călinescu, Marianne Brandt, Frederick William Franz, Bai Chongxi, and Jean Absil. After him are Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen, Gaston Julia, Nestor Lakoba, Dorothy L. Sayers, Clark Ashton Smith, and William Moulton Marston. Among people deceased in 1973, Merian C. Cooper ranks 88. Before him are J. Carrol Naish, Gian Francesco Malipiero, Lorenzo Fernández, Nikos Zachariadis, Tarsila do Amaral, and Robert Watson-Watt. After him are Hans Globke, Jarno Saarinen, Soong Ai-ling, Joseph Szigeti, Betty Grable, and Alois Hába.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Merian C. Cooper ranks 2,764 out of 20,380. Before him are Gloria E. Anzaldúa (1942), Jimmy Doolittle (1896), Claude Akins (1926), Paul Sorvino (1939), Robert Plutchik (1927), and Albert R. Broccoli (1909). After him are Paul Wolfowitz (1943), Doc Holliday (1851), Lionel Barrymore (1878), Bobby McFerrin (1950), Jerry Butler (1939), and Robert Metcalfe (1946).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Merian C. Cooper ranks 104. Before him are Darren Aronofsky (1969), Ub Iwerks (1901), Jim Henson (1936), Samuel Fuller (1912), Leo McCarey (1898), and Chris Sanders (1962). After him are Martin Ritt (1914), Ray Harryhausen (1920), Henry King (1886), John McTiernan (1951), Jim Abrahams (1944), and Edward Zwick (1952).

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