Profile
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Miriam Machado-Cooper |
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| Title: |
Producer |
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| Company: |
BET Networks |
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| Company Type: |
Cable TV Operator |
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| Email: |
miriam.cooper@bet.net
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| Biography: |
Miriam Machado-Cooper is an Emmy and multiple Telly Award winning producer The 40 something mother of two was born in Caracas, Venezuela. Raised in a bilingual Afro-Caribbean household; Miriam’s deep pride in her race & roots is the foundation upon which her television & film career is built.
Armed with a degree in Broadcast Journalism & Management from Howard University, Machado-Cooper’s career began in corporate & government video productions. She went into entertainment by assisting on music videos with famed music video turned movie director; Bille Woodruff. Machado-Cooper then landed a job at BET; working there directly and indirectly for the past 17 years.
Miriam has produced projects for a diverse group of clients. Confront Colon Cancer & Enfrenta Cáncer Del Colon are two Telly Award winning programs done for the Maryland Department Health to raise Colon Cancer awareness while targeting the African American & Latino community.
Miriam also produced a PSA and a Silver telly award winning documentary on Peace Journey / SponsorKids. It is a global peace seeking organization linking US teens to the rest of the world through travel adventures; like setting up computer labs in Tanzania & Morocco.
Machado-Cooper directed / produced several bilingual documentaries; 2005’s Emmy Award winning Pasos Latinos; A “Mambo-Mentary”; 2004’s In My Fathers Shoes; A Son’s Tribute To Tito Puente for BET Jazz & The Silver telly Award winning 2003’s Cuban Music-Crossing Borders, The Next Generation for Globe Star Media Entertainment airing on PAX television, CBS affiliates in Baltimore, San Francisco, New York and in Canada.
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| Areas of Expertise: |
Commercials, Film/Video: Television |
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