Matte Cooper Talks Puppets, Process and the Human Fingerprint
Director Matte Cooper joins Little Black Book's 'The Directors' series to unpack stop-motion, collaboration, and why he's still chasing the thrill of a practical effect.
A two-metre motion-controlled wheel, clad with miniature buildings and computer-controlled lamp posts, rotating frame by frame to tell eighty years of history in one shot. A hand-puppeteered NYC bodega stocked with heckling drinks. A towering IKEA puppet striding through London on the hottest day of the year. This is what work looks like for diretor Matte Cooper.
In Little Black Book's 'The Directors' series, Matte gets into the craft behind the chaos, from his love of puppetry's built-in physics to why the producer relationship might be the most important one on set.
"I'm still most excited by work that incorporates some physical, handmade elements. I believe the audience gets an extra layer of enrichment from seeing this on screen, showing a little of the human fingerprint behind the work."
Matte Cooper
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