Portrait of Merian C. Cooper

Production

Merian C. Cooper

Career

Active from 1925 to 2005, with a break from 1953 to 2004, with up to 1 main title a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score74/100
Highest rated
Poster for Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life
Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life
GoodWatch score90/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Academy Awards · Academy Honorary Award

    1953 · Won · 25th Academy Awards

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Best Picture

    1953 · Nominated · 25th Academy Awards

    The Quiet Man

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 42 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Merian C. Cooper Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.3, average 5.4
  • Crime
    1.9, average 3.6
  • Psychological
    4.2, average 5.5
  • Dark Humor
    1.6, average 2.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Man vs. Nature 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

72
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

2 titles · average score 67
Kong: Skull Island
Kong: Skull Island (2017)
GoodWatch score 67

Characters

Banglar King Kong
Banglar King Kong (2010)

Original Film Writer

2000s

2 titles · average score 73
King Kong
King Kong (2005)
GoodWatch score 76

Original Story

The Lost Spider Pit Sequence
The Lost Spider Pit Sequence (2005)
GoodWatch score 70

Screenplay

1990s

1 title · average score 56
Mighty Joe Young
Mighty Joe Young (1998)
GoodWatch score 56

Original Film Writer

1980s

1 title · average score 27
King Kong Lives
King Kong Lives (1986)
GoodWatch score 27

Characters

1970s

1 title · average score 57
King Kong
King Kong (1976)
GoodWatch score 57

Idea

1950s

6 titles · average score 78
The Searchers
The Searchers (1956)
GoodWatch score 85

Executive Producer

The Sun Shines Bright
The Sun Shines Bright (1953)
GoodWatch score 67

Producer

This Is Cinerama
This Is Cinerama (1952)
GoodWatch score 80

Director, Producer

The Quiet Man
The Quiet Man (1952)
GoodWatch score 83

Producer

Rio Grande
Rio Grande (1950)
GoodWatch score 71

Producer

Wagon Master
Wagon Master (1950)
GoodWatch score 84

Executive Producer, Presenter

1940s

6 titles · average score 75
Mighty Joe Young
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
GoodWatch score 72

Producer, Story

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
GoodWatch score 80

Executive Producer, Presenter

3 Godfathers
3 Godfathers (1948)
GoodWatch score 78

Presenter, Producer

Fort Apache
Fort Apache (1948)
GoodWatch score 88

Executive Producer, Producer

The Fugitive
The Fugitive (1947)
GoodWatch score 61

Producer, Presenter

Dr. Cyclops
Dr. Cyclops (1940)
GoodWatch score 69

Producer

1930s

49 titles · average score 59
The Lost Patrol
The Lost Patrol (1934)
GoodWatch score 72

Executive Producer

King Kong
King Kong (1933)
GoodWatch score 86

as Pilot of Plane that Kills Kong (uncredited)

The Son of Kong
The Son of Kong (1933)
GoodWatch score 46

Producer

Little Women
Little Women (1933)
GoodWatch score 80

Executive Producer

Before Dawn
Before Dawn (1933)
GoodWatch score 49

Production Executive

Flying Down to Rio
Flying Down to Rio (1933)
GoodWatch score 62

Executive Producer

Professional Sweetheart
Professional Sweetheart (1933)
GoodWatch score 53

Executive Producer

Diplomaniacs
Diplomaniacs (1933)
GoodWatch score 65

Executive Producer

Chance at Heaven
Chance at Heaven (1933)
GoodWatch score 59

Executive Producer

Morning Glory
Morning Glory (1933)
GoodWatch score 58

Executive Producer

Roar of the Dragon
Roar of the Dragon (1932)
GoodWatch score 52

Story

The Most Dangerous Game
The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
GoodWatch score 69

Associate Producer

1920s

4 titles · average score 77
The Four Feathers
The Four Feathers (1929)
GoodWatch score 59

Director, Producer

Gow the Head Hunter
Gow the Head Hunter (1928)

Director of Photography

Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness
Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (1927)
GoodWatch score 81

Writer, Director

Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life
Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (1925)
GoodWatch score 90

Camera Operator, Director