AKA: Merian Caldwell Cooper
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 10/24/1894
Birthplace: Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Death Date: 04/21/1973
Director, with Ernest Schoedsack, of exotic adventure films in the 1920s and 30s, most notably "King Kong" (1933). Cooper subsequently concentrated on producing, often in collaboration with John Ford, and received a Special Academy Award in 1952 for his "many innovations and contributions to the art of motion pictures."
Characters as Source Material
During WWI served with Air Force and was POW in Germany
1919
Left Air Force; joined Polish Army to fight Reds
1920
Member of Kosciusko's Squadron; shot down and reported dead
1930
Dirctor of Pan American Airways
