Film Forum

Maria Cooper Janis is the daughter of Gary Cooper. A talented painter, a noted philanthropist, and a filmmaker, Ms. Janis has done much to protect the legacy of her father. She has contributed to several documentaries about his life and has published two books. She wrote Gary Cooper Off Camera: A Daughter Remembers, a revealing look at her father through photographs and personal memories, and coauthored Gary Cooper: Enduring Style, a tribute to her father’s sense of style.

Foster Hirsch is Professor of Film at Brooklyn College and the author of numerous books on film and theater including A Method to Their Madness: The History of the Actors Studio and Hollywood and the Movies of the Fifties (Knopf), available at our concesson during the Brando festival.