Dominic Cooke was born on 1966 and is an English director and writer.
11 Facts About Dominic Cooke
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Dominic Cooke started his relationship with the Royal Court Theatre under Stephen Daldry in 1995.
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Dominic Cooke then became an associate director at the Royal Court for Ian Rickson in 1999 during which time he directed Fireface by Marius von Mayenburg, Other People by Christopher Shinn and Redundant by Leo Butler.
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Dominic Cooke was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to drama.
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Dominic Cooke was artistic director and Chief Executive of the Royal Court Theatre 2006 to 2013 during which time he pioneered new writing by actively promoting the Royal Court's Young Writers' Programme and new, young writers such as Mike Bartlett, Polly Stenham, Penelope Skinner and Bola Agbaje.
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In 2007 Dominic Cooke wrote the stage adaptation of Malorie Blackman's Noughts and Crosses, which he directed and produced at the RSC.
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Dominic Cooke wrote an adaptation of Arabian Nights for the Young Vic in 1998 and directed a revised version for the RSC in 2009.
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Dominic Cooke is a National Theatre Associate Director; he made his directing debut there in November 2011 with Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors which he set in modern-day London.
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Dominic Cooke directed Caryl Churchill's Here We Go at the National in 2015.
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Dominic Cooke directed the critically acclaimed production of August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom in 2016 which won the 2015 Olivier Award for Best Revival.
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Dominic Cooke is slated to direct a movie of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's musical Follies.