Ryan Coogler
- Directing
- May 23, 1986 · Oakland, California, USA
Biography
Ryan Kyle Coogler (born May 23, 1986) is an American filmmaker. His accolades include an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Grammy Award, a Golden Globe Award, ten Black Reel Awards, and fourteen NAACP Image Awards. Coogler directed a few short films at the USC School of Cinematic Arts before his feature-length debut with Fruitvale Station (2013). He then transitioned to directing and writing franchise films, including the Rocky series spinoff Creed (2015), as well as the Marvel films Black Panther (2018) and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). Coogler also produced the historical drama Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) and the supernatural horror film Sinners (2025), which he also wrote and directed. He received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture for both films, while for Sinners he was also nominated for Best Director and won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. In 2013, he was included on Time's list of the 30 people under 30 who are changing the world. In 2016, he was included in the annual Time 100 list of the world's most influential people. In 2018, Coogler was named the runner-up for Time's Person of the Year, and he was included in the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world. In 2021, Coogler, his wife Zinzi Coogler, and Sev Ohanian founded the multimedia production company Proximity Media. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ryan Coogler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Black Panther 3 · Writer, Director
- Eyes of Wakanda · Executive producer
- Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time · Executive producer
- Ironheart · Executive producer
- Dancing with the Devil: The Making of Sinners · Self
- Blues in the Night: The Music of Sinners · Self
- Sinners · Director, Writer
- Good Hang with Amy Poehler · Self
- Megalopolis · Thanks
- Hollywood Black · Self
- Utan ord – i filmmusikens värld · Self
- Stephen Curry: Underrated · Producer
- Anthem · Producer
- Creed III · Producer, Story
- Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever · Self, Executive producer
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever · Self
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever · Story, Screenplay
- 20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda · Self
- Sherri · Self
- Space Jam: A New Legacy · Producer
- Regard Noir · Self
- Directors on Directors · Self
- Judas and the Black Messiah · Producer
- Homeroom · Executive producer
- Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King · Self
- Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian · Self
- Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound · Self
- Elvis Goes There · Self
- Creed II · Executive producer
- Black Panther · Writer, Director
- Moonlight · Thanks
- Creed · Director, Screenplay
- From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues · Self
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter · Self
- The Day the Series Stopped · Executive producer
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt · Self, Director
- Clapping for the Wrong Reasons · Thanks
- Fruitvale Station · Director, Screenplay
- It's Just Art, Baby · Assistant Camera
- Fig · Director
- The Sculptor · Director, Writer
- Get Some · Boom Operator, Sound Mixer
- On The Grind · Additional Camera, Grip
- 30 for 30 · Executive producer
- Locks · Producer, Sound Designer
- The Daily Show · Self
- Good Morning America · Self
- The Oscars · Self
- Golden Globe Awards · Self
- Doppelgänger · Producer
- Untitled Sundance Institute Project · Executive producer
- Untitled The X-Files Project · Director, Writer