Biografi
Susan Morgan Cooper, an award-winning documentary filmmaker and producer, grew up in a small Welsh village where her parents staged plays to raise charity funds. Shortly after moving to America, she secured a minor role in a Clint Eastwood film but found herself more drawn to film editing than acting.
In 1991, after meeting a 16-year-old Croatian girl displaced by the Balkan War, Susan was inspired to create her first documentary, Mirjana: One Girl's Journey. She subsequently produced and directed Heroes and Sheroes, a documentary TV series highlighting ordinary individuals performing extraordinary acts of kindness. She then spent three months filming The Making of Shadows in the Sun in Tuscany, directed by Brad Mirman and featuring Harvey Keitel, Joshua Jackson, Claire Forlani, and Giancarlo Giannini.
Susan later directed the acclaimed, award-winning documentary An Unlikely Weapon, which tells the story of Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Eddie Adams, whose Saigon Execution photo played a role in ending the Vietnam War. The Hollywood Reporter praised it as "a terrific documentary."
She traveled to China to direct and produce Mulberry Child, a film exploring the emotional gap between a mother and daughter, rooted in Mao’s Cultural Revolution. Roger Ebert described Mulberry Child as "a powerful and touching film," awarding it three and a half stars.
Together with Cass Warner, Susan wrote and produced HOPPER: In His Own Words, a documentary about the legendary actor Dennis Hopper.
Her most recent film, To the Moon and Back, examines the Russian Adoption Ban and its effects on hundreds of American families and thousands of Russian orphans. The Huffington Post called this award-winning documentary "a highly evocative exposé."
Susan is currently in post-production on Fatal Distraction, a documentary about an innocent father sentenced to life without parole due to police misinformation and media-fueled public outrage.
She is also preparing for pre-production on East L.A. Kings, a narrative feature film based on the true story of a police officer who transforms a group of troubled boys into a championship roller hockey team through the P.A.L. program.
