CREATIVITY AS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE includes this mutual commitment:

  • Purpose-Driven Work: Our intention is achieving meaningful outcomes for ourselves, our communities, and humanity as a whole.
    If this directive resonates with you, let's discuss how I can support you.

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consultATION

  • Real "content" is work of substance, meaning, transformation, and healing.

    The purpose of a campaign determines its media strategy, tactics, messaging, tone and look.

  • A storyteller is a architect of emotions who builds with the most valuable material of all: time.

    An architect must know the laws of emotional physics for the work to stand.

    And since all works of storytelling are fiction, it's critical they embody the truth, to not mislead the audience.

  • Filmmaking is writing with light, sound and time. It involves:

    --Research & Imagination

    --Pointing a camera at something interesting

    --Orchestrating images and sound on a timeline

    --Production management

    --Distilling complex or overwhelming amounts of material.

  • -Live Coaching and Consultation for actors, activists, creators, public servants, and entrepreneurs, new to performing or experienced.

    -Personalized feedback on technique & delivery for auditions & final work.

    -Scripted or Improvised.

  • Communicating your story with poetic precision at every touch point, aiming to connect as a cause rather than a brand.

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30 MINUTE CONSULT - $550

If this is unaffordable for you, message me about available consultation grants

Oscar-nominated filmmaker, award-winning writer, award-winning creative director, former guest host for Larry King, and digital innovator.

Cooke's film work has:

  • Earned awards from the Writers Guild of America and the International Documentary Association. 

  • Made over 100 critics' "best of" lists

  • Screened at Sundance, Tribeca, Toronto, Vienna and many more.

Deliver Us From Evil, which he produced and edited, is the Highest Rated Documentary of All Time on Rotten Tomatoes and was nominated for an Academy Award.

His critically acclaimed podcast "American Origin Stories" was on the Apple Top 30 in society and culture.

Cooke’s science fiction writing has been developed by X-Men and Wolverine producers, and licensed by Amazon Studios.

A formative part of social media culture since 2015, Cooke created some of the most influential content of the Bernie Sanders 2016 presidential campaign, including directing Bernie’s biopic starring Mark Ruffalo.

Today he has an A-list worldwide audience, for his docu-essays, comedy skits, and talks which have over 275M views.

His comedy web series "White Mirror," co-starring April Bowlby (Two And a Half Men, Drop Dead Diva), won numerous festival awards.

Cooke’s career began in digital design at Capitol Records.

He pioneered the first single-field search engine (before Google), which earned a Best of the Web Award from Print Magazine and a groundbreaking partnership with Intel, Time-Warner, and AOL. 

He taught digital arts at Otis College of Design before transitioning to filmmaking, and holds a patent in how to organize digital content delivery.

All of Cooke’s work celebrates innovation, creativity, and advocacy for universal human values.

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