Phil Cooke

Los Angeles, CA

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President / Founder of Cooke Pictures | Hollywood Film Producer | Media, Leadership Consultant | Author

As the only film producer in Hollywood with a PhD in theology, he possesses a very rare ability to discuss movies, TV and other entertainment from the perspective of both the film industry and the faith-based audience
He doesn’t speak in prefab sound bites and talking points that never really take a position or say anything. Phil speaks honestly and openly.
Knowledgeable, confident, highly-articulate and comfortable in front of a camera or behind a microphone. Quick-witted, personable.
He’s an authoritative, experienced voice regarding the intersection of faith, media and culture.
Consults some of the country’s largest and most well-known ministries on how to engage and participate in today’s media-driven culture.

Phil Cooke is a filmmaker, media consultant, and working Hollywood producer with a Ph.D. in Theology. He’s appeared on NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, CNN, Fox News, and his work has been profiled in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and The Wall Street Journal. In addition to writing his blog at philcooke.com, he also blogs for The Huffington Post, and has been a contributor to Fast Company, Forbes.com, Wired.com, and FoxNews.com. Phil is a long-time member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. He and his wife, Kathleen, live in Los Angeles, California.

- The Better Hour 2011 TV documentary special, William Wilberforce: Abolishing the Slave Trade, broadcast nationally on PBS with a special screening at the White House.
- 2010 Super Bowl commercial for CareerBuilders.com
- Executive Producer on the 2016 concert feature motion picture, “Hillsong: Let Hope Rise”
- Producer of the documentary feature motion picture, “The Insanity of God”
Phil has been instrumental in creating, branding and producing national TV programming for:
- Joel Osteen at Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas
- Joyce Meyer at Joyce Meyer Ministries in St. Louis, Missouri
- Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. According to the LA Times, Cooke’s TV special, “Starting Over”, featuring Billy Graham, was the most-watched program globally in the organization’s history.
- The Jesus Film Project – Orlando, Florida
- Nicky Cruz – author of classic book, “The Cross and the Switchblade”
- The Salvation Army’s digital media initiative, SAVN.TV
- The American Bible Society in New York City
- Stella’s Hope – a nationally-acclaimed documentary on human trafficking in Eastern Europe
Phil has also advised and produced advertising and marketing projects for movies and TV programs from:
- Walt Disney Studios
- Paramount Studios
- Warner Brothers Studios
- New Line Cinema
- Dreamworks Studios
- The Game Show Network
- The USA Network

New Book:
The Way Back: How Christians Blew Our Credibility and How We Get It Back

On a dusty hilltop, Jesus kickstarted His church with a ragtag group of fishermen, who called themselves “The Way.” Truth be told, the architects of Christianity were a bunch of nobodies. Like us, they were powerless and flawed and sometimes petty. But, they were committed. They were all-in.

Within a remarkably short time, ‘The Way’ became the world’s most influential religious faith―a force in culture, politics, literature, science, philanthropy, and the arts. Against impossible odds, that group of nobodies astonished the world.

Two thousand years later―by any measure―Christianity is retreating on all fronts. ‘The Way’ has lost its way.

In The Way Back, media and marketing experts Phil Cooke and Jonathan Bock take a hard look at the church and the zeal we seem to have lost for our product. Where’s the passion, the excitement and the commitment that two thousand years ago made such improbable and staggering growth possible?

The Way Back seeks to inspire and equip readers to learn from that wonderful group of nobodies, so that they can astonish the world once more.