Chris Cooper is a producer based in New York. His work spans film, media production, and large-scale museum installations, with a portfolio that includes projects for major cultural institutions. He has contributed to exhibitions at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow and Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York, including projects that explore Jewish history, cultural memory, and identity.

Among Chris’s producing credits is “The Disappearance of Josef Mengele,” directed by Kirill Serebrennikov, which premiered as part of the Official Selection at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. The film is based on the bestselling book by Olivier Guez and chronicles the fugitive postwar life of Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele—the infamous “Angel of Death” of Auschwitz. It follows his decades-long evasion of justice in South America and offers a psychological portrait of a man consumed by denial, paranoia, and historical erasure.

Chris also produced the documentary “Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders,” which was shortlisted for an Academy Award and praised for its unflinching look at frontline humanitarian work.

Born in Austin, Texas, Chris earned his degree in Political Science from Bates College in Maine, followed by an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley.