WRITER/DIRECTOR
Angele Cooper wrote and directed the short film LOVE IN THE SHADOWS, which has garnered strong reviews and several festival award nominations. Residing in Los Angeles, California, she is currently in development of her first feature film, DANGEROUS FATE. This crime drama is based on true events that happened in Angele’s life. The story follows the life of an African American police officer who, in exchange for reopening her brother’s murder case, agrees to go undercover to investigate a prison drug ring only to fall in love with its female kingpin, the sole witness to her brother’s death. Angele’s experiences have driven her to write stories that give a voice to the voiceless, represent the misrepresented, and bring visibility to the invisible.
Previously, she directed two episodes on a TV series called THE RETREAT, which premiered in the spring of 2020. In March of 2019, she was one of seven women selected out of over a thousand applicants to direct her second short film, DAUGHTERS OF SOLANAS, which also received best comedy/best director nominations. She recently made it to the semifinal round for the American Film Institute Directing Women Workshop and she also made it into the final rounds for the Sundance Episodic Labs.