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Ryan Coogler
Oakland, California, USA
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 Bla…
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ryan Coogler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2028
Black Panther 3
Movie Writer
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2025
Eyes of Wakanda
TV show Executive Producer
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2025
Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time
TV show Executive Producer
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2025
Ironheart
TV show Executive Producer
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2025
Blues in the Night: The Music of Sinners
Movie Self
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2025
Sinners
Movie Director
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2025
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
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2024
Megalopolis
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2024
Hollywood Black
TV show Self
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2024
Utan ord – i filmmusikens värld
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2023
Stephen Curry: Underrated
Movie Producer
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2023
Anthem
Movie Producer
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2023
Creed III
Movie Producer
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2023
Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever
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- 2023
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2022
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
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- 2022
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2022
The Sherri Shepherd Show
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2021
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Movie Producer
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2021
Regard Noir
Movie Self
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2021
Directors on Directors
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2021
Judas and the Black Messiah
Movie Producer
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2021
Homeroom
Movie Executive Producer
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2020
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Movie Self - Director, "Black Panther" (archive footage)
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2020
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
TV show Self - Director, Black Panther (archive footage)
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2019
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
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2019
Elvis Goes There
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2018
Creed II
Movie Executive Producer
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2018
Black Panther
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2016
Moonlight
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2015
Creed
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2015
From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
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2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV show Self
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2014
The Day the Series Stopped
Movie Executive Producer
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2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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2014
HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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2013
Clapping for the Wrong Reasons
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2013
Fruitvale Station
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