Ryan Coogler

Known for DirectingBorn 1986-05-23 (age 40)Oakland, California, USA

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ryan Coogler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Hollywood Black

Elvis Goes There

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

Sinners

Stephen Curry: Underrated

Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian

30 for 30

Creed

Black Panther

The Day the Series Stopped

Moonlight

Judas and the Black Messiah

Fruitvale Station

Locks

Creed III

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Creed II

From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

Space Jam: A New Legacy

Clapping for the Wrong Reasons

Golden Globe Awards

HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt

The Oscars

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Eyes of Wakanda

The Daily Show

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Fig

Dancing with the Devil: The Making of Sinners

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Anthem

Ironheart

Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time

Megalopolis

Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever

Regard Noir

Good Morning America

20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda

Sherri

Utan ord – i filmmusikens värld

Directors on Directors

Homeroom

It's Just Art, Baby

The Sculptor

Get Some

Gap