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Ryan Coogler

Directing

Born May 23, 1986 · Oakland, California, USA

Also known as Ryan Kyle Coogler

Biography

Ryan Kyle Coogler 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.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA

Awards & recognition

  • Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 2026
  • BAFTA Award — Best Original Screenplay · 2026
  • Critics' Choice Movie Award — Best Original and Adapted Screenplay · 2026
  • Time 100 · 2018
  • Independent Spirit Award — Best First Feature · 2014
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  • Producers Guild Stanley Kramer Award · 2014
  • Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award · 2013
  • Academy Award — Best Original Song · 2023 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Picture · 2021 · nominated
  • Independent Spirit Award — Best First Feature · 2014 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Director · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Picture · nominated

Filmography32 titles

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

2020as Self - Director, "Black Panther" (archive footage)

Sinners

2025Director, Producer, Writer

30 for 30

2009Executive Producer

Stephen Curry: Underrated

2023Producer

Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian

2020as Self - Director, Black Panther (archive footage)

Black Panther

2018Director, Writer

Moonlight

2016Thanks

Creed

2015Director, Screenplay, Story

The Day the Series Stopped

2014Executive Producer

Fruitvale Station

2013Director, Screenplay

Judas and the Black Messiah

2021Producer

Creed III

2023Producer, Story

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

2022Director, Lyricist, Screenplay, Songs, Story

Creed II

2018Executive Producer

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

2019as Self

Space Jam: A New Legacy

2021Producer

HitRECord on TV

2014as Self

The Daily Show

1996as Self - Guest

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

2023as Self

Eyes of Wakanda

2025Executive Producer

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014as Self

Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time

2025Executive Producer

Anthem

2023Producer

Ironheart

2025Executive Producer

Megalopolis

2024Thanks

Good Morning America

1975as Self - Guest

Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever

2023as Self - Director / Co-Writer

20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda

2022as Self

Hollywood Black

2024as Self

Sherri

2022as Self - Guest

Homeroom

2021Executive Producer