Barry Michael Cooper (June 12, 1958 – January 22, 2025) was an American writer, producer, and director, best known for his screenplays for the films New Jack City (1991), Sugar Hill (1994), …

1 day ago · Barry Michael Cooper was born on June 12, 1958, in Harlem, the elder of two sons of Lafayette and Josephine Cooper. He spent his formative years in Esplanade Gardens , a …

6 days ago · Barry Michael Cooper, the influential screenwriter and filmmaker who wrote movies like 'New Jack City,' 'Sugar Hill' and 'Above the Rim,' has died, the Maryland Chief Examiner's …

12 hours ago · Barry Michael Cooper, a pioneering journalist and screenwriter, died on Tuesday, Jan. 21, in Baltimore, Md., at 66. Cooper’s death was confirmed by a representative for Spike …

Jan 22, 2025 · Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer who co-wrote the blaxploitation ’90s classic “New Jack City” and finished his “Harlem trilogy” writing “Sugar Hill” and “Above the …

6 days ago · Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer known for 'New Jack City,' 'Sugar Hill' and 'Above the Rim,' has died at age 66. 'Will never be another,' his son says.

Jan 22, 2025 · Barry Michael Cooper, the screenwriter behind the influential “Harlem Trilogy” of films New Jack City, Sugar Hill and Above the Rim and the man who coined the term New …

6 days ago · Barry Michael Cooper, the prolific writer and producer behind the classic Harlem trilogy New Jack City, Sugar Hill, and Above the Rim, died at age 66. Cooper died in …

5 days ago · Barry Michael Cooper, the journalist and screenwriter behind films like "New Jack City" and "Above The Rim," died this week. The Harlem native chronicled New York City's …

Jan 22, 2025 · Barry Michael Cooper, celebrated journalist, screenwriter, and chronicler of Black urban life, passed away January 22, 2025, at the age of 66, according to renowned writer …