Ryan Coogler
Director, Writer, Producer, Actor
May 23, 1986 (39 years)
Ryan Kyle Coogler (born May 23, 1986) is an American filmmaker. He has received an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, four Black Reel Awards, a Grammy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and ten 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 nominations for the Academy Award 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 2018, Coogler was named the runner-up of 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 multimedia production company Proximity Media.
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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 nominations for the Academy Award 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 2018, Coogler was named the runner-up of 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 multimedia production company Proximity Media.
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Known For
Featured Videos
Filmography
| 2025 | |
| 2022 | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever · as Screenplay |
| 2018 | |
| 2015 | Creed · as Screenplay |
| 2013 | Fruitvale Station · as Screenplay |
| 2025 | Eyes of Wakanda · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Ironheart · as Executive Producer |
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| 2023 | |
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| 2023 | |
| 2023 | Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Homeroom · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | |
| 2018 | Creed II · as Executive Producer |
| 2014 | The Day the Series Stopped · as Executive Producer |
| 2009 | 30 for 30 · as Executive Producer |
| 2026 | 83rd Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee & Recipient |
| 2026 | 83rd Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee & Recipient |
| 2026 | The 31st Annual Critics' Choice Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2025 | |
| 2023 | S.O.G.: The Book of Ward · as Self |
| 2023 | MPower · as Self - Director, Black Panther |
| 2023 | Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever · as Self - Director / Co-Writer |
| 2023 | |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | Sherri (2022) · as Self - Guest |
| 2020 | Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King · as Self - Director, "black Panther" (archive Footage) |
| 2020 | GMA3: What You Need to Know · as Self |
| 2020 | Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian · as Self - Director, Black Panther (archive Footage) |
| 2020 | Flint · as Self - Film Director |
| 2019 | Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound · as Self |
| 2019 | Elvis Goes There · as Self |
| 2017 | The IMDb Show · as Self - Guest |
| 2017 | Vanity Fair: Notes On a Scene · as Self |
| 2017 | Behind the Scenes · as Self |
| 2015 | |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · as Self - Guest |
| 2015 | Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter · as Self |
| 2014 | The 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · as Self |
| 2014 | |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings · as Self |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings · as Self |
| 2011 | Piers Morgan Tonight · as Self |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood · as Self |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley · as Self - Guest |
| 2001 | Democracy Now! · as Self |
| 1997 | The View · as Self |
| 1996 | The Daily Show · as Self - Guest |
| 1994 | WGN Morning News · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight · as Self |
| 1978 | 20/20 · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America · as Self - Guest |
| 1973 | Fantástico · as Self |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards · as Self |
| 1952 | Today · as Self |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios: Assembled · as Director |
| 2023 | Creed III · as Story |
| 2022 | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever · as Songs |