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1. Matthew Cooke (born February 28, 1973, in Washington, D.C.) is the writer-director of How to Make Money Selling Drugs, a documentary film which criticizes the war on drugs in the United States, and Survivors Guide to Prison, about the prison system. Cooke also often serves as his own narrator, editor, cinematographer and visual effects artist.
Cooke has a worldwide audience for his viral docu-essays, comedy skits and talks which have over 250M views. His critically acclaimed "American Origin Stories" was a Top 30 Apple Podcast. Cooke's work has screened at Sundance, Tribeca, Toronto, and Vienna film festivals, made over 100 critics "best of" lists, and earned awards from the Writers Guild of America and the International Documentary Association.
Matthew Cooke. Director: Bad Dad. Since July 2015 Actor / Filmmaker / Activist Matthew Cooke's social justice and advocacy commentaries have been viewed over 100 million times on FaceBook - shared and promoted by the ACLU, World Star Hip Hop, Bernie Sanders, Cornel West, Susan Sarandon, Julian Lennon, DL Hughley, Adrian Grenier, RYOT.org, FilmingCops.org, The Anti-Media, The Free Thought Project, and many more.
In the late 1990’s, Cooke was a creative director for Capitol Records. In 1999 he pioneered the first single-field search engine (before Google), which earned a Best-of-the-Web Award from Print Magazine and a partnership with Intel, Time-Warner, and AOL. He taught digital arts at Otis College of Design before transitioning to filmmaking.
After working together on a campaign video, Mark and Matthew teamed up to capture a more personal story. Bernie agreed, but had limited time. So Matthew wrote expository questions to create a framework, arranged a 3 steadicam shoot and pre-staged an interview set nearby to capture the entire film in one take. The ending was unwritten.
Oscar Nominated Documentary Filmmaker. Feature films on Netflix, Amazon, HBO. Best Writing Awards from the International Documentary Association. Fiction writing & concepts licensed by X-Men / Wolverine Producers. Creative Strategy Director. Chief Creative for the $7M Intel / AOL-Time Warner company that pioneered interactive advertising.
Actor. Oscar nominated filmmaker. Writer. Social media artist (over 200M views).
