# Brian W. Cook

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{{Short description|British film director}}
{{BLP sources|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| image        =
| caption      =
| birth_date   = 
| birth_place  = [Hertfordshire](/source/Hertfordshire), [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom)
| birth_name   = Brian William Cook
| spouse       = 
| children     = 2, Alexandra Kettle Cook & [Toby Cook](/source/Toby_Cook)
| occupation   = [Film director](/source/Film_director), [assistant director](/source/assistant_director), producer, actor
| networth     = 
| years_active = 1963–present
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'''Brian William Cook''' is a [British](/source/British_people) film director, assistant director, producer and actor.<ref name=IMDB>{{cite web| url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0176930/| title= IMDB Page of Brian W. Cook | website= [IMDb](/source/IMDb) }}</ref><ref name=RottenTomatoes>{{cite web| url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/brian_w_cook/| title= Brian Cook on Rotten Tomatoes | website= [Rotten Tomatoes](/source/Rotten_Tomatoes) }}</ref><ref name=YahooMovies>{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1808799752| title= Yahoo Movies Page of Brian W. Cook }}</ref>

==Career==
Cook has worked as a producer and assistant director on five films with [Michael Cimino](/source/Michael_Cimino), three films with [Stanley Kubrick](/source/Stanley_Kubrick) and three with [Sean Penn](/source/Sean_Penn).<ref>{{cite news|last=Matheson|first=Craig|url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/movies/being-stanley-kubrick-20060609-ge2hbd.html|title=Being Stanley Kubrick|newspaper=[The Age](/source/The_Age)|date=June 9, 2006|access-date=February 12, 2024}}</ref> His producing credits include [''The Pledge''](/source/The_Pledge_(film)), ''[Eyes Wide Shut](/source/Eyes_Wide_Shut)'' and [''Waiting for the Barbarians''](/source/Waiting_for_the_Barbarians_(film)). In 2005, he directed ''[Colour Me Kubrick](/source/Colour_Me_Kubrick)'' starring [John Malkovich](/source/John_Malkovich) as Kubrick’s impostor [Alan Conway](/source/Alan_Conway).

==Personal life==
Cook has two children.

==Filmography==
===Films===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! rowspan="2" style="width:33px"|Year
! rowspan="2"|Film
! colspan="5"|Credited as
|-
! width=65 | [Director](/source/Film_director)
! width=65 |[Assistant Director](/source/Assistant_Director)
! width=65 |[Producer](/source/Film_producer)
! width=65 |[Actor](/source/Actor) (Role)
! width=65 |[Production Manager](/source/Unit_production_manager)
|-
|| 1965
| style="text-align:left"| ''[The Liquidator](/source/The_Liquidator_(1965_film))''
| 
| {{yes}}
|
| 
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
|rowspan=3| 1966
| style="text-align:left"| ''[Alfie](/source/Alfie_(1966_film))''
| 
| {{yes}}
|
| 
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
| style="text-align:left"| ''[The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery](/source/The_Great_St._Trinian's_Train_Robbery)''
| 
| {{yes}}
|
| 
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
| style="text-align:left"| ''[The Deadly Affair](/source/The_Deadly_Affair)''
| 
| {{yes}}
|
|    
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
|| 1969
| style="text-align:left"| ''[Alfred the Great](/source/Alfred_the_Great_(film))''
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
|   
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
|| 1971
| style="text-align:left"| ''[The Last Valley](/source/The_Last_Valley_(film))''
| 
| {{yes}}
|  
| 
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
|| 1972
| style="text-align:left"| ''[Young Winston](/source/Young_Winston)''
| 
| {{yes}}
|
| 
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
|rowspan=2| 1973
| style="text-align:left"| ''[The 14](/source/The_14)''
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
|  
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
| style="text-align:left"| ''[The Wicker Man](/source/The_Wicker_Man_(1973_film))''
| 
| {{yes}}
|  
|
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
|| 1975
| style="text-align:left"| ''[Barry Lyndon](/source/Barry_Lyndon)''
| 
| {{yes}}
|  
|  
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
|rowspan=2| 1976
| style="text-align:left"| ''[Under the Doctor](/source/Under_the_Doctor)''
| 
| 
|
| style="text-align:left"| 
| {{yes}}
|-
| style="text-align:left"| ''[Sky Riders](/source/Sky_Riders)''
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
|rowspan=3| 1977
| style="text-align:left"| ''[Seven Nights in Japan](/source/Seven_Nights_in_Japan)''
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
| style="text-align:left"| ''[Orca](/source/Orca_(1977_film))''
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
| style="text-align:left"| ''[Golden Rendezvous](/source/Golden_Rendezvous)''
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
|| 1979
| style="text-align:left"| ''[The Kids Are Alright](/source/The_Kids_Are_Alright_(1979_film))''
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
|rowspan=6| 1980
| style="text-align:left"| ''[North Sea Hijack](/source/North_Sea_Hijack)''
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
| style="text-align:left"| ''[Dominique](/source/Dominique)''
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
|  
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
| style="text-align:left"| ''[The Shining](/source/The_Shining_(film))''
| 
| {{yes}}
|  
|  
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
| style="text-align:left"| ''[Making The Shining](/source/Making_The_Shining)''
| 
| 
| 
| {{yes}}
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
| style="text-align:left"| ''[Flash Gordon](/source/Flash_Gordon_(film))''
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
| style="text-align:left"| ''[Heaven's Gate](/source/Heaven's_Gate_(film))''
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
|rowspan=3| 1981
| style="text-align:left"| ''[History of the World: Part I](/source/History_of_the_World%3A_Part_I)''
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
| style="text-align:left"| ''[Prisoners](/source/Prisoners_(1981_film))''
| 
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
| style="text-align:left"| ''[Race for the Yankee Zephyr](/source/Race_for_the_Yankee_Zephyr)''
| 
| 
| {{yes}}
|  
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
|| 1982
| style="text-align:left"| ''[Turkey Shoot](/source/Turkey_Shoot_(1982_film))''
| 
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
|| 1984
| style="text-align:left"| ''[Second Time Lucky](/source/Second_Time_Lucky)''
| 
| 
| {{yes}}
|  
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
|rowspan=2| 1985
| style="text-align:left"| ''[Hot Target](/source/Hot_Target)''
| 
| 
| {{yes}}
|  
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
| style="text-align:left"| ''[Year of the Dragon](/source/Year_of_the_Dragon_(1985_film))''
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
|| 1986
| style="text-align:left"| ''[King Kong Lives](/source/King_Kong_Lives)''
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
|  
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
|| 1987
| style="text-align:left"| ''[The Sicilian](/source/The_Sicilian)''
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
|  
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
|| 1989
| style="text-align:left"| ''[Casualties of War](/source/Casualties_of_War)''
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
|  
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
|rowspan=2| 1990
| style="text-align:left"| ''[Stella](/source/Stella_(1990_film))''
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
|  
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
| style="text-align:left"| ''[Desperate Hours](/source/Desperate_Hours)''
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
|  
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
|rowspan=2| 1991
| style="text-align:left"| ''[F/X2](/source/F%2FX2)''
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
|  
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
| style="text-align:left"| ''[Billy Bathgate](/source/Billy_Bathgate)''
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
|  
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
|| 1992
| style="text-align:left"| ''[Christopher Columbus: The Discovery](/source/Christopher_Columbus%3A_The_Discovery)''
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
|  
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
|rowspan=2| 1993
| style="text-align:left"| ''[Last Action Hero](/source/Last_Action_Hero)''
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
|  
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
| style="text-align:left"| ''[Nowhere to Run](/source/Nowhere_to_Run_(1993_film))''
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
| {{yes}}
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
|| 1994
| style="text-align:left"| ''[The Chase](/source/The_Chase_(1994_film))''
| 
| 
| 
| style="text-align:left"|  
| {{yes}}
|-
|| 1995
| style="text-align:left"| ''[The Crossing Guard](/source/The_Crossing_Guard)''
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
|  
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
|| 1996
| style="text-align:left"| ''[The Sunchaser](/source/The_Sunchaser)''
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
|  
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
|| 1999
| style="text-align:left"| ''[Eyes Wide Shut](/source/Eyes_Wide_Shut)''
| 
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
|| 2000
| style="text-align:left"| ''[A Shot at Glory](/source/A_Shot_at_Glory)''
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
|  
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
|| 2001
| style="text-align:left"| ''[The Pledge](/source/The_Pledge_(film))''
| 
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|  
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
|| 2002
| style="text-align:left"| ''[Equilibrium](/source/Equilibrium_(2002_film))''
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
| {{yes}}
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
|rowspan=2| 2004
| style="text-align:left"| ''[Churchill: The Hollywood Years](/source/Churchill%3A_The_Hollywood_Years)''
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
|   
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
| style="text-align:left"| ''[Countryfile](/source/Countryfile)''
| 
|
| 
| {{yes}}
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
|| 2005
| style="text-align:left"| ''[Colour Me Kubrick](/source/Colour_Me_Kubrick)''
| {{yes}}
| 
| {{yes}}
|   
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
|| 2009
| style="text-align:left"| ''[iD3](/source/iD3_(2009_film))''
| 
| 
|
| {{yes}}
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
|rowspan=2|2014
| style="text-align:left"| ''[Closer to the Moon](/source/Closer_to_the_Moon)''
|
|{{yes}}
|
|
| style="text-align:left"| 
|-
| style="text-align:left"| ''[The Fault in Our Stars](/source/The_Fault_in_Our_Stars_(film))''
| 
| 
| 
|
|{{yes}}
|-
|2016
| style="text-align:left"| ''[The Last Face](/source/The_Last_Face)''
||
|{{yes}}
|
|
|
|-
|2017
| style="text-align:left"| ''[Life After Flash](/source/Life_After_Flash)''
|
|
|
|Yes
|
|-
|2019
| style="text-align:left"| ''The Show''
||
| {{yes}}
|
|
|
|-
|2019
| style="text-align:left"| ''[Waiting for the Barbarians](/source/Waiting_for_the_Barbarians_(film))''
|
|
| {{yes}}
|
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|}
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