Cooper Michael Raiff (born February 11, 1997)[citation needed] is an American filmmaker and actor. He has received critical acclaim for his films Shithouse (2020) and Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022). He appeared on the 2022 Variety list of directors to watch. In August 2022, Raiff launched his production company Small Ideas.
A native of Dallas, Raiff attended the Greenhill School in Addison, Texas. He participated in school theatre productions and studied at the Dallas Young Actors Studio for 4 years. During his senior year, he wrote and performed in his first play. Raiff enrolled at Occidental College in Los Angeles and withdrew in 2019 to focus on film.
During spring break in 2018, Raiff stayed on campus to make Madeline & Cooper, a 50-minute short film that he uploaded to YouTube. He then tweeted a link of the video to filmmaker Jay Duplass, who met with Raiff and encouraged him to adapt the project to feature-length; it became Raiff's
debut feature Shithouse, in which he starred, directed, wrote, produced, and co-edited. The film premiered at the 2020 SXSW where it was named Best Narrative Feature. Distributed by IFC Films, it opened in October 2020 to positive reviews.

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