Angele Cooper

At 28, Angele Cooper is the only African American female union electrician working within IATSE’s New York Local 52 and Texas Local 484. As a union electrician, she has played many roles from Gaffer to Best Boy working on festival favorites, TV shows and feature films. Her road to film and television is rooted in a love she developed for film and writing while attending the University of Texas at Austin, while on a full athletic scholarship. Angele is a Co-Founder of Alpha Female Films, and currently being mentored by producers and directors of the Black TV & Film Collective and New York's  Writers Guild of America chapter. She additionally starred in Season 4 of the hit A&E series, '60 Days In'. Her inaugural feature is based off her experience while on the show.

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