Known For
Directing
Born
May 23, 1986
Place of Birth
Oakland, California, USA
Credits
54 titles
Ryan Coogler
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
Eyes of Wakanda
Executive Producer
Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time
Executive Producer
Ironheart
Executive Producer
Dancing with the Devil: The Making of Sinners
Self
Sinners
Director
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
Megalopolis
Thanks
Hollywood Black
Self
Utan ord – i filmmusikens värld
Self
Stephen Curry: Underrated
Producer
Anthem
Producer
Creed III
Producer
Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever
Self (voice)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Self
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Screenplay
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
Self
Sherri
Self - Guest
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 - Director, "Black Panther" (archive footage)
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Self - Director, Black Panther (archive footage)
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Self
Elvis Goes There
Self
Creed II
Executive Producer
Black Panther
Writer
Moonlight
Thanks
Creed
Director
From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
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
Clapping for the Wrong Reasons
Thanks
Fruitvale Station
Director
It's Just Art, Baby
Assistant Camera
Fig
Director
The Sculptor
Director
Get Some
Boom Operator
Gap
Director
On The Grind
Additional Camera
30 for 30
Executive Producer
Locks
Sound Designer
The Daily Show
Self - Guest
Good Morning America
Self - Guest
The Oscars
Self