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 was a journalist, screenwriter and producer best known for his “Harlem trilogy” of films: “New Jack City,” “Sugar Hill,” and “Above the Rim.” Died: January 22 ...

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 22, 2025 · Writer and producer Barry Michael Cooper died Jan. 22 at the age of 67, according to renowned writer Nelson George. The celebrated screenwriter became part of the fabric of urban culture in the 1990s and his work left an indelible mark on pop culture as a whole.

Jan 23, 2025 · Barry Michael Cooper, the esteemed journalist-turned-screenwriter who helped define an era of Black cinema, has sadly passed away at the age of 66. His cause of death has not been disclosed....

Jan 24, 2025 · 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 highs and lows.

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, 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,...