Talmage Newman Cooley (born in Charlottesville, Virginia) is an American filmmaker and social impact founder and advisor. Through his production company Kinoglaz Pictures, he is the writer/director of award-winning narrative and documentary films featured at Sundance and over 100 festivals worldwide, as well as numerous PSA spots for social justice organizations. He was the founder of The Gun Violence Project and then co-Founder and co-CEO of The Center to Prevent Youth Violence (originally named PAX). While attending the Harvard Kennedy School in 2012 he founded Democracy.com. Cooley is also the Founder of Theory of Change, a social impact consulting firm based in New York City.