Cooper wrote for newspapers like 'The Village Voice' before transitioning to screenwriting and filmmaking with 1991's 'New Jack City' ...

Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer known for 'New Jack City,' 'Sugar Hill' and 'Above the Rim,' dies at age 66.

The script for the Nicky Barnes movie was written by Thomas Lee Wright ... the script would become New Jack City, his first screenplay. Made for a budget of $8 million and debuting at the Sundance ...

Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer who worked on several classic New York films, has died at the age of 66. Cooper died Tuesday in Baltimore. His friend and fellow filmmaker Nelson George ...

Hollywood writer and producer Barry Michael Cooper, who scripted a string of beloved 1990s movies, has died in Baltimore at the age of 66. Cooper helped pen the screenplay of the iconic 1991 crime ...

Barry Michael Cooper, best known for his work on the 1990s movie New Jack City, has died, per TMZ. He was 66. According to ...

Barry Michael Cooper, the celebrated writer best known for the iconic movies he penned in the 1990s, has died at 66.

A cause of death has yet to be revealed. The screenwriter is best known for his work on Harlem-based films “New Jack City,” “Sugar Hill” and “Above the Rim.” He started his career as a ...

“New Jack City” grossed nearly $50 million at the ... secured rapper Tupac Shakur amid the height of his popularity. The movie, directed by “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” co-creator Jeff ...