Grady Cooper

Grady Cooper III, known professionally as Grady Cooper, is an American director, producer and Emmy nominated film editor.

Background Cooper is from Raleigh, North Carolina and graduated from Broughton High School. In high school, "Grady convinced his teachers to let him make short films…instead of writing papers." He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and graduated with a degree in English in 1987. He also produced a music video for the Chapel Hill band The Connells and was a production assistant for the feature film Bull Durham which was shot in Durham, North Carolina. After college, he took a position with West, Pausback & Vaughn as a traffic manager. From 2004 to 2005, Cooper directed and produced the unscripted comedy sketch show, The Lance Krall Show, which aired on Spike (now Paramount) for one season.

Awards Cooper has received two Emmy nominations:

Outstanding Picture Editing For A Structured Or Competition Reality Program - 2018, for his work on The Voice In 2015 when Jane was 49, she died of brain cancer.