Phil Cooke
Filmmaker, writer, media consultant, and founder of Cooke Media Group, Phil Cooke, Ph.D. has produced film and television programming in more than 70 countries, and his client list includes studios and networks like Walt Disney, Dreamworks and USA Network as well as major faith-based organizations such as The Salvation Army, Museum of the Bible, and many more.
He wrote and produced “The Better Hour,” a feature documentary for PBS on the work of William Wilberforce eliminating the slave trade throughout the British empire, was executive producer of “Hillsong: Let Hope Rise” released to theaters nationwide, produced “The Insanity of God” premiering nationally as a Fathom Event, and the feature documentary for television “Inexplicable – Asia: The Great Wall and Beyond."His books include
Ideas on a Deadline: How to Be Creative when the Clock is Ticking,
Unique: Telling Your Story in the Age of Brands and Social Media,
The Way Back: How Christians Blew Our Credibility and How We Get It Back (cowritten with Jonathan Bock) and
One Big Thing: Discovering What You Were Born to Do, named by the Washington Post as one of the Top Five Business Books for 2012.His most recent book is
Church on Trial: How to Protect Your Congregation, Mission, and Reputation During a Crisis, based on decades of helping churches and nonprofits navigate a wide range of challenges, scandals, and crises.Phil is rare – a working producer in Hollywood with a Ph.D. in Theology. He’s appeared on NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, CNN, Fox News, and his work has been profiled in the New York Times, The Los Angeles Times and The Wall Street Journal. He’s lectured at the University of California at Berkeley, UCLA and Yale, and is a visiting professor at Oral Roberts University.
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PhilCooke.com, and on
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