Andrew G. Cooper is a Canadian puppeteer, filmmaker, and theatre creator. They hold their Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts from Thompson Rivers University and are the recipient of the Kamloops Mayor's Emerging Artist Award and a nominee of the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Award. They have been fortunate to work with incredible companies such as The Jim Henson Company, Citadel Theatre, Catalyst Theatre, and Theatre: Calgary, Cirque Nuit, and Western Canada Theatre. As a playwright, they have won multiple awards and their work has been seen across Canada from British Columbia to Ontario and around the world in Sydney, Chicago, and Dubai. Their short parody film Star Bars: A Brew Hope was produced by the Kamloops Filmmaker Group in association with Mastermind Studios in 2015. They are the creator and producer of (exp)lore, a site-specific podcast anthology with Jupiter Theatre and Media Lab YYC, which was nominated for ten Audio Verse Awards in 2020 and two awards at the New Jersey Web Festival in 2021. As an artist, Andrew's focus is on the creation of new Canadian works with a particular emphasis on interdisciplinary art and storytelling through physical mediums such as puppetry, movement, mask, and fight direction. Andrew is a lover of astronomy and animals and lives in Calgary, AB. Show less «