Jan 23, 2025 · Barry Michael Cooper, the screenwriter behind movies like 1991's New Jack City, has died. He was 66. The Maryland Chief Examiner's Office confirmed Cooper's death to PEOPLE on...

Jan 23, 2025 · Barry Michael Cooper’s legacy . Before Cooper wrote influential early ‘90s films like “New Jack City,” he was a hard-hitting journalist who probed aspects of city life many mainstream ...

Jan 29, 2025 · Barry Michael Cooper, who was one of the first journalists to explore the crack epidemic of the 1980s before turning to Hollywood, where he made his mark with screenplays for gritty films...

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), and Above the Rim (1994), sometimes called his "Harlem Trilogy".

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 Rim,”...

Jan 23, 2025 · Barry Michael Cooper, an investigative reporter turned screenwriter known for the films “New Jack City,” “Above the Rim” and “Sugar Hill,” has died.

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 Jack Swing, has died. He ...

Cooper, who moved to Baltimore in the mid 1980s, passed away on January 21, 2025.He was 66. In Black pop cultural circles, Cooper was known for having coined the phrase “new jack swing” in a ...

Jan 24, 2025 · 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 Baltimore,...

Jan 22, 2025 · Barry Michael Cooper, celebrated journalist, screenwriter, and chronicler of Black urban life, ... He is best known for penning the screenplay for the 1991 cult classic New Jack City, a searing ...