Ryan Coogler
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.
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Movies (33)
Black Panther 3
2028 · Writer, Director
Dancing with the Devil: The Making of Sinners
2025 · Self
Blues in the Night: The Music of Sinners
2025 · Self
Sinners
2025 · Director, Writer, Producer
Megalópolis
2024 · Thanks
Utan ord – i filmmusikens värld
2024 · Self
Stephen Curry: Infravalorado
2023 · Producer
La historia del himno de los Estados Unidos
2023 · Producer
Creed III
2023 · Producer, Story
UNIDOS: Creando Pantera Negra: Wakanda Por Siempre
2023 · Self
Pantera Negra: Wakanda por siempre
2022 · Story, Screenplay, Director, Lyricist, Songs
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
2022 · Self
Space Jam: Una nueva era
2021 · Producer
Regard Noir
2021 · Self
Judas y el mesías negro
2021 · Producer
Homeroom
2021 · Executive Producer
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020 · Self - Director, "Black Panther" (archive footage)
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019 · Self
Creed 2: Defendiendo el Legado
2018 · Executive Producer
Pantera Negra
2018 · Writer, Director
Luz de luna
2016 · Thanks
Creed. Corazón de campeón
2015 · Director, Screenplay, Story
From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
2015 · Self
The Day the Series Stopped
2014 · Executive Producer
Clapping for the Wrong Reasons
2013 · Thanks
Fruitvale Station
2013 · Director, Screenplay
It's Just Art, Baby
2012 · Assistant Camera
Fig
2011 · Director
The Sculptor
2011 · Director, Writer
Get Some
2010 · Boom Operator, Sound Mixer, Sound Editor
On The Grind
2009 · Additional Camera, Grip
Locks
2009 · Producer, Sound Designer, Director, Writer, Sound Editor
Doppelgänger
· Producer
TV shows (21)
Los ojos de Wakanda
2025 · Executive Producer
Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time
2025 · Executive Producer
Ironheart
2025 · Executive Producer
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
2025 · Self - Guest
Hollywood Black
2024 · Self
Voces en ascenso: La música de Wakanda por siempre
2023 · Self (voice), Self - Director / Co-Writer, Executive Producer, Thanks
Sherri
2022 · Self - Guest
Directors on Directors
2021 · Self
Galería Disney / Star Wars : The Mandalorian
2020 · Self - Director, Black Panther (archive footage)
Elvis Goes There
2019 · Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self
HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
2014 · Self, Director
30 for 30
2009 · Executive Producer
The Daily Show
1996 · Self - Guest
Good Morning America
1975 · Self - Guest
The Oscars
1953 · Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee
Untitled Sundance Institute Project
· Executive Producer
Untitled The X-Files Project
· Director, Writer, Executive Producer