The Cool School (2007)

Synopsis

Cast & Credits

• Cast

  • • Narrated by

      Jeff Bridges

    • artist

      John Baldessari

    • Ferus artist

      Robert Irwin

    • collector

      David Lafaille

    • art critic, Newsweek

      Peter Plagens

    • Ferus artist

      Ed Ruscha

    • actor/artist

      Dennis Hopper

    • architect

      Frank Gehry

    • artist

      Ed Bereal

    • Ferus artist

      Billy Al Bengston

    • collector

      Don Factor

    • New York art dealer

      Ivan Karp

    • collector

      Elyse Grinstein

    • collector

      Stanley Grinstein

    • curator

      Hal Glicksman

    • beat poet

      David Meltzer

    • Ferus artist

      Ken Price

    • co-founder Ferus Gallery

      Walter Hopps

    • photographer

      Charles Brittin

    • Ferus artist

      Ed Moses

    • LA writer

      Eve Babitz

    • Bay Area Ferus artist

      Sonia Gechtoff

    • former chair UCLA Art Department

      Henry Hopkins

    • Ferus artist

      Craig Kauffman

    • co-founder Syndell Studio

      Jim Newman

    • Hopps' first wife

      Shirley Neilsen Hopps

    • actor/artist

      Dean Stockwell

    • wife/collaborator

      Nancy Kienholz

    • LA art dealer

      Peter Goulds

    • Ferus artist

      John Mason

    • Walter Hopps' brother

      Harvey Hopps

    • artist

      George Herms

    • Ferus artist

      Larry Bell

    • Ferus artist

      Lynn Foulkes

    • former assistant to Irving Blum

      Vivian Rowan

    • collector

      Monte Factor

    • collector

      Betty Factor

    • co-owner Ferus Gallery

      Irving Blum

    • photographer

      Bill Claxton

• Credits

  • Direction:

    • Directed by

      Morgan Neville

    Production:

    • ©

      American Arts Documentary Foundation

    • Opening logo

      Independent Television Service

    • Opening logo

      Curiously Bright Entertainment

    • Production Company

      Tremolo Productions

    • Production Company

      Independent Television Service

    • In association with

      Oregon Public Broadcasting

    • For

      American Arts Documentary Foundation

    • With funding provided by

      Corporation for Public Broadcasting

    • [International Sales]

      Arthouse Films

    • Additional Funding Provided by

      Broad Art Foundation

    • Additional Funding Provided by

      Jean Stein Foundation

    • Additional Funding Provided by

      Frederick R. Weisman Foundation

    • Executive Producer

      Cedd Moses

    • Co-executive Producer

      Lois Chiles

    • Executive Producer (OPB)

      David Davis

    • Executive Producer (for ITVS)

      Sally Jo Fifer

    • Produced by

      Morgan Neville

    • Producer

      Kristine Mckenna

    • Supervising Producer

      Brenna Sanchez

    • Co-producer

      Dylan Robertson

    • Associate Producer

      Terry Chatkupt

    • Associate Producer

      Stephanie Henderson

    • Executive in Charge of Prod'n (OPB)

      Steven Bass

    • Production Management (for ITVS)

      Robby Fahey

    Writing:

    • Written by

      Morgan Neville

    • Written by

      Kristine Mckenna

    Photography:

    • Camera

      Dylan Robertson

    • Camera

      Morgan Neville

    • Camera

      Chris Perkel

    Special Effects:

    • Graphics

      SG Arts

    • Graphics

      Scott Grossman

    • Graphics

      Neil Berkley

    • Additional Graphics

      Jay Gammill

    Editing:

    • Edited by

      Dylan Robertson

    • Edited by

      Chris Perkel

    • OPB Post-production

      Howard Beckerman

    • Assistant Editor

      Jason Fischman

    • Assistant Editor

      Stephanie Hernstadt

    • Assistant Editor

      Odin Schafer

    Music:

    • Music

      Dan Crane

    • Music

      William Ungerman

    • Musician

      Chris Bautista

    • Musician

      Joe Berardi

    • Musician

      Dan Crane

    • Musician

      Ravi Knypstra

    • Musician

      Michael Boito

    • Musician

      Mcneil, Willie

    • Musician

      Ralicke, David

    Sound:

    • Music Engineer

      Chris Heckerman

    • Audio Mix

      Michael Kowalski