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Paul W. Cooper AWARDS Three Emmys. Five Emmy Nominations • Humanitas Prize. Two Humanitas Nominations • WGA Award. Four Nominations • Spur Award – the Western Writers of America • Epiphany Prize Nomination • The Movie Guide Award • Camie Award, Character & Morality in Entertainment MOTION PICTURES "Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored" United Image Entertainment – Starring Phylicia Rashad, Richard Roundtree, Al Freeman Jr. – Winner, Best Feature Film – WORLDFESTHOUSTON. Nominated, Best Picture – IMAGE AWARDS. Won, Best Picture – MOVIE GUIDE AWARDS. Won, Best Picture – the first ANNUAL BLACK FILM FESTIVAL. INTERACTIVE CD-ROM CHESS WARS: A Medieval Fantasy and Interactive Motion Picture written and directed by Paul W. Cooper. Art Data Interactive. Won, Best New Video Game. STAFF EXPERIENCE & ACADEMIC Story Editor – BREWSTER PLACE, Starring Oprah Winfrey. Hearst Entertainment Instructor – "Writing for Film and Television" Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA. TELEVISION MURDER, SHE WROTE – CBS 2 episodes HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN – NBC 7 episodes LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE – NBC 5 episodes BREWSTER PLACE – ABC (story editor) multiple THE WALTONS – CBS HART TO HART – ABC 2 episodes FANTASY ISLAND – ABC LIFE AND TIMES OF GRIZZLY ADAMS – NBC 3 episodes FATHER MURPHY – NBC 5 episodes ABC AFTERSCHOOL SPECIALS – 8 specials CBS SCHOOLBREAK SPECIALS – 13 specials. CABLE “The Note” Movie for The Hallmark Channel, won the Camie Award. Highest rated Hallmark movie of 2007, third highest rated Hallmark movie of all time. "The Maldonado Miracle" Movie for Showtime, Salma Hayek, producer/director, starring Peter Fonda, Mare Winningham, Ruben Blades (Sundance Film Festival) 5 Emmy Award nominations, 2004 Writers Guild Award winner “Hatching Pete” Two hour movie. Disney Channel "Night of the Wolf" Movie for the Animal Planet starring Anne Archer, Robert Urick "Good Old Boy" MULTIMEDIA Two hour movie. Disney Channel "The Adventures of Shirley Holmes" SUNBOW PRODS. Two hour movie. Disney Channel "Match-Point" CORNERSTONE PRODS. Two hour movie. Disney Channel "The Secret of Lost Creek" CORNERSTONE PRODS. Two hour movie. Disney Channel "Most Valuable Player" and "Heather" LMNO Prods. Two hour movie. Family Channel IN DEVELOPMENT THE JOE LOUIS STORY – Feature MP THE GLASS EYE – Feature MP, Dino Anthony May, Sean Faris, producers