Scott Cooper (director)

Scott Cooper (born 1970 in Abingdon, Virginia) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor.

Career

Cooper made ​​after graduating from high school in his hometown of acting lessons at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York and studied at Hampden - Sydney College in Virginia.

Its rather insignificant acting career with mini roles in Austin Powers - The Spy Who Shagged Me, The X-Files - The Files and Broken Trail was at least insofar fruits, as he gave the actor Robert Duvall met during the filming of the Civil War drama Gods and Generals, by means of which he made his first major feature film, Crazy Heart, could turn as a director in 2009. This got great reviews and was successful; Lead actor Jeff Bridges won the Golden Globe and the Oscar for best actor.

2013 came his second feature film, the thriller eye to eye with Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Woody Harrelson, Zoe Saldana, Forest Whitaker, Willem Dafoe and Sam Shepard to the movies. It was produced by Ridley Scott and Leonardo DiCaprio, but got only 52 percent approval rating at Rotten Tomatoes and was designated only 5.3 million U.S. dollars in revenue on the opening weekend as a flop.

Filmography (selection)

• 2009: Crazy Heart
• 2013: Eye for an Eye ( Out of the Furnace)