Known For
Costume & Make-Up
Born
Apr 10, 1960
Place of Birth
Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Credits
73 titles
Ruth E. Carter
Biography
Ruth E. Carter (born April 10, 1960) is an American costume designer for film and television. She is best known for her collaborations with Spike Lee, John Singleton, and Ryan Coogler. During her film career, Carter has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, for her work on Lee's biographical film Malcolm X (1992), Steven Spielberg's historical drama film Amistad (1997), and won twice for Coogler's Marvel superhero films Black Panther (2018) and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022); becoming the first African-American to win and be nominated for Best Costume Design. She was nominated for a fifth time for her work in Coogler's Sinners (2025), breaking the record for most-nominated Black woman in Oscar history. Her other film credits include Do the Right Thing(1989), What's Love Got to Do with It (1993), Love & Basketball (2000), Serenity (2005), The Butler (2013), Selma (2014), Marshall (2017), Dolemite Is My Name (2019), and Coming 2 America (2021). She also received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Period Costumes for a Limited Series for her work on the 2016 miniseries Roots. Carter is the recipient of the Career Achievement Award from the Costume Designers Guild Awards, in addition to receiving two competitive awards from the organisation. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ruth E. Carter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Snoop
Costume Design
The Thomas Crown Affair
Costume Design
The Pickup
Costume Design
Sinners
Costume Design
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Self
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Costume Design
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
Self
Coming 2 America
Costume Design
Dolemite Is My Name
Costume Designer
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest
Above Suspicion
Costume Design
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
Self
Black Panther
Costume Design
Marshall
Costume Design
Kidnap
Costume Designer
Abstract: The Art of Design
Self
Keeping Up with the Joneses
Costume Design
To Tell the Truth
Self - Costume Designer for Black Panther
Roots
Costume Design
Chi-Raq
Costume Design
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
Costume Design
Selma
Costume Design
The Best of Me
Costume Design
Cosmos
Costume Designer
Oldboy
Costume Design
The Butler
Costume Design
Teen Beach Movie
Costume Design
Sparkle
Costume Design
Abduction
Costume Designer
Frankie & Alice
Costume Design
Black Dynamite
Costume Design
Bring It On: Fight to the Finish
Costume Designer
Imagine That
Costume Design
Spread
Costume Design
Edith Head: Dressing the Master's Movies
Self
Meet Dave
Costume Design
Thief
Costume Design
Serenity
Costume Design
Four Brothers
Costume Design
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
Self
Against the Ropes
Costume Designer
Daddy Day Care
Costume Design
I Spy
Costume Design
Baby Boy
Costume Design
Dr. Dolittle 2
Costume Design
Bamboozled
Costume Design
Shaft
Costume Design
Love & Basketball
Costume Design
Summer of Sam
Costume Design
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Costume Design