Ian Cooper is Jordan Peele’s producing partner and the creative director at Monkeypaw Productions. Cooper produced "Us" (2019), "Candyman" (2021), "Nope" (2022) and "Monkey Man" (2024). Cooper is a visual artist with a practice in mixed media sculpture. He holds an MFA from Bard College and has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in the U.S. and abroad over the past two decades. His work has been acquired by several institutions, including the permanent collection of The Whitney Museum of American Art.