Akela Cooper

Akela Cooper is an American screenwriter and producer. She gained wider prominence as the screenwriter of Malignant and was named to Variety's 10 Screenwriters to Watch for 2021 list.[1]

Life and career

Cooper was raised in Hayti, Missouri.[2] She graduated from Truman State University with a degree in creative writing in 2003[3] and received her MFA from the USC School of Cinema-Television, where she was the first recipient of the NAACP/CBS Writer's Fellowship.[4]

Cooper was a staff writer for Grimm for two seasons and went on to be a writer and co-producer for The 100, American Horror Story, Luke Cage, Jupiter's Legacy, Witches of East End, and Chambers. She wrote the horror film Malignant, released in September 2021.[1] She is the screenwriter of the upcoming sequel to the horror film The Nun, as well as the film M3gan, and she is also the showrunner for the upcoming HBO Max television adaptation of the novel Monster by A. Lee Martinez.[5][6]

Awards and nominations

References
  1. Hailu, Selome (2021-09-28). "Variety Announces 10 Screenwriters to Watch for 2021". Variety. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  2. "AKELA COOPER | Television Workshop". televisionworkshop.warnerbros.com. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  3. tmiles. "Writing for the Small Screen". Truman Review. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  4. "NAACP and CBS Create Fellowship at USC". USC News. 2005-10-19. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  5. Otterson, Joe (2021-05-27). "Berlanti Productions' Karyn Smith-Forge to Serve as President of Don Cheadle's This Radicle Act (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  6. Ramos, Dino-Ray (2019-04-15). "'The Nun' Sequel Sets 'Luke Cage's Akela Cooper As Screenwriter". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  7. Lewis, Hilary. "2017 NAACP Image Award Winners: Complete List". THR. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  8. "Black*ish Paces the Black Reel Awards for Television Field". The Black Reel Awards. 2017-06-15. Retrieved 2021-10-04.


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