Merian C. Cooper made a career in technology at a time when the terms of that career were still being set.
The record lists Merian C. Cooper as American aviator, actor, director and producer (1893-1973).
Merian C. Cooper was born at Jacksonville in 1893. His recorded nationality is the United States. He was educated at United States Naval Academy and Georgia Tech.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, national institutions, mass media and mass politics changed both the scale of a career and its risks.
Merian C. Cooper is described as screenwriter, film producer and film director.
The engineer's achievement usually disappears into infrastructure, which is the point.
His work was formally recognised with the Honorary Scout, Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari and star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Working from the United States shaped what was possible - the audiences within reach, the institutions that would have him, the language the work first appeared in.
Death came in 1973, at 80. By then the contribution had passed into the settled record.
Achievements
- Educated at United States Naval Academy and Georgia Tech
- Worked as screenwriter, film producer and film director
