Drea Cooper
- Director
- Producer
- Editor
Drea Cooper is an award winning filmmaker and commercial director. His acclaimed short film series California Is a Place screened worldwide, including Sundance, earning him a spot on Filmmaker Magazine's "Top 25 New Filmmakers to Watch." He co-directed T-Rex, about Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields, which won the SFIFF Audience Award and Roger Ebert Prize. He co-created and directed the Netflix Original Flint Town, nominated for Critics Choice and IDA Awards. He followed with Fire in Paradise, about California's deadliest wildfire, which won an Emmy, an Edward R. Murrow Award, and was shortlisted for an Academy Award.
