Matthew Cooke (born February 28, 1973, in

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) is the writer-director of ''

How to Make Money Selling Drugs ''How to Make Money Selling Drugs'' is a documentary film written, directed and narrated by Matthew Cooke and produced by Bert Marcus and Adrian Grenier. The film premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival and was theatrically relea ...

'', a documentary film which criticizes the

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in the United States, and '' Survivors Guide to Prison'', about the prison system. Cooke also often serves as his own narrator, editor, cinematographer and visual effects artist. Cooke was the producer and

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of Amy Berg's Oscar–nominated documentary '' Deliver Us from Evil'', his first feature film, and writer, director, editor and actor on Fuel TV's '' Stupidface''. He produced Adrian Grenier's 2010

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documentary ''

Teenage Paparazzo ''Teenage Paparazzo'' is a 2010 documentary film about the life and times of a 14-year-old Paparazzi photographer named Austin Visschedyk. It was directed by actor Adrian Grenier and produced by Bert Marcus, Adrian Grenier and Matthew Cooke. Film ...

'' which premiered at the

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. Cooke also contributed editing, motion graphics and cinematography work to the picture. He is producing ''American Race'', an upcoming documentary directed by Amy Berg, who Cooke previously worked with on ''Deliver Us from Evil.'' Cooke graduated ''

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'' with a

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in film from

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in 1996. He was engaged to actress

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from February 2015 to February 2016.

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