2 days ago · A version of this article appears in print on , Section B, Page 10 of the New York edition with the headline: Barry Michael Cooper, Whose ‘New Jack City’ Is a Classic, Dies at 66.

Jan 23, 2025 · Barry Michael Cooper, the influential screenwriter and filmmaker who wrote movies like 'New Jack City,' 'Sugar Hill' and 'Above the Rim,' has died, the Maryland Chief Examiner's …

Jan 22, 2025 · Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer who co-wrote the blaxploitation ’90s classic “New Jack City” and finished his “Harlem trilogy” writing “Sugar Hill” and “Above the …

Cooper, who moved to Baltimore in the mid 1980s, passed away on January 21, 2025.He was 66. In Black pop cultural circles, Cooper was known for having coined the phrase “new jack swing” …

Barry Michael Cooper (June 12, 1958 – January 22, 2025) was an American writer, producer, and director, best known for his screenplays for the films New Jack City (1991), Sugar Hill (1994), …

Jan 22, 2025 · Barry Michael Cooper, the screenwriter behind the influential “Harlem Trilogy” of films New Jack City, Sugar Hill and Above the Rim and the man who coined the term New …

6 days ago · The writer and producer behind classic Black films like "New Jack City" and "Above the Rim" passed away at age 66. Cooper made his directorial debut in 2005 with Blood on the …