[3] Cooper made his directorial debut with "Crusade" a ninth season episode of Stargate SG-1.

In the 10th season premiere episode "Flesh and Blood", Cooper's daughter Emma played the 4 year old Adria.

[4] Later in the tenth season of Stargate SG-1, in early scenes of the episode "Talion", his older daughter Megan Elizabeth Cooper played a jaffa girl.

Following the conclusion of SG-1, Cooper wrote and directed the direct-to-DVD movie Stargate: The Ark of Truth.

[6] In June 2010, it was revealed that Cooper was "stepping back to ... a consulting role" for the end of Stargate Universe season 2, before leaving entirely.