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Ryan Coogler

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39 Years Old

Ryan Kyle Coogler (born May 23, 1986) is an American filmmaker. He has received ten NAACP Image Awards and four Black Reel Awards. He has been nominated for two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a Grammy Award. He made his feature-length debut with the independent film Fruitvale Station (2013), which won the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award for U.S. dramatic film at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. It also won Best First Film at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Since then, he has co-written and directed films such as the Rocky series spinoff Creed (2015) and the Marvel film Black Panther (2018), the latter of which broke numerous box office records and became the highest-grossing film of all time by an African American director. Coogler also co-wrote and directed its sequel, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) and wrote, co-produced, and directed the supernatural horror film Sinners (2025). All of Coogler's films have received widespread acclaim and commercial success. Critics have hailed his work for centring on often overlooked cultures and characters—most notably African Americans. He frequently collaborates with actor Michael B. Jordan and composer Ludwig Göransson, who have, respectively, appeared in and composed all of his films. In 2013, he was included on Time's list of the 30 people under 30 who are changing the world. In 2018, he was named the runner-up of Time's Person of the Year and 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; the first film it produced was Judas and the Black Messiah (2021). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ryan Coogler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, is a full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born

Oakland, California, USA on 23rd May 1986

All Credits

Sherri Image
Sherri
Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards Image
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian Image
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Self - Director, Black Panther (archive footage)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Image
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
The Oscars Image
The Oscars
Self
Variety Studio: Directors on Directors Image
Variety Studio: Directors on Directors
Self
Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever Image
Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever
Self - Director / Co-Writer
Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever Image
Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever
Self (voice)
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King Image
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Self - Director, "Black Panther" (archive footage)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Image
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Self
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound Image
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Self
Elvis Goes There Image
Elvis Goes There
Self
From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues Image
From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
Self
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda Image
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
Self
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Regard Noir
Self