Dennis Cooper

Writing

Dennis Cooper

Born
(age 73)
Birthplace
Pasadena, California, USA
Credits
12 titles

Biography

Dennis Cooper (born January 10, 1953) is an American novelist, poet, critic, editor and performance artist. He is best known for the George Miles Cycle, a series of five semi-autobiographical novels published between 1989 and 2000 and described by Tony O'Neill "as intense a dissection of human relationships and obsession that modern literature has ever attempted." Cooper is the founder and editor of Little Caesar Magazine, a punk zine, that ran between 1976 and 1982.

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Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 6

YearTitleRole
2017 Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution Film Self
2016 Author: The JT LeRoy Story Film
2014 The Cult of JT LeRoy Film Self
2010 Man at Bath Film Robin
1996 Frisk Film Man in Hall
1983 Fear of Poetry Film Self

Crew credits 7

YearTitleJob
2025 Room Temperature Film Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
2021 Jerk Film Theatre Play, Screenplay, Short Story
2019 Permanent Green Light Film Director, Writer, Editor
2015 Like Cattle Towards Glow Film Producer, Writer, Director, Editor
2009 Weak Species Film Novel
2002 Luster Film Poem
1996 Frisk Film Novel
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