Writing
Dennis Cooper
Born 1953-01-10
Pasadena, California, USA
Department: Writing
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dennis Cooper, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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Man at Bath
2010
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Author: The JT LeRoy Story
2016
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Luster
2002
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Like Cattle Towards Glow
2015
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Frisk
1996
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Room Temperature
2025
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Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution
2017
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Permanent Green Light
2019
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Weak Species
2009
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The Cult of JT LeRoy
2014
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (21 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Room Temperature | Director | Movie | 2025 |
| Room Temperature | Writer | Movie | 2025 |
| Room Temperature | Editor | Movie | 2025 |
| Room Temperature | Producer | Movie | 2025 |
 | Jerk | Writer | Movie | 2021 |
 | Permanent Green Light | Director | Movie | 2019 |
| Permanent Green Light | Writer | Movie | 2019 |
| Permanent Green Light | Editor | Movie | 2019 |
 | Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution | Self | Movie | 2017 |
 | Author: The JT LeRoy Story | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2016 |
 | Like Cattle Towards Glow | Producer | Movie | 2015 |
| Like Cattle Towards Glow | Writer | Movie | 2015 |
| Like Cattle Towards Glow | Director | Movie | 2015 |
| Like Cattle Towards Glow | Editor | Movie | 2015 |
 | The Cult of JT LeRoy | Self | Movie | 2014 |
 | Man at Bath | Robin | Movie | 2010 |
 | Weak Species | Novel | Movie | 2009 |
 | Luster | Writer | Movie | 2002 |
 | Frisk | Man in Hall | Movie | 1996 |
| Frisk | Novel | Movie | 1996 |
 | Fear of Poetry | Self | Movie | 1983 |