Ryan Coogler

Producer
Director
Writer

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Ryan Kyle Coogler is an American filmmaker and producer, from Oakland, California. Highly critically-acclaimed, he has directed the films Fruitvale Station (2013), Creed : L'Héritage de Rocky Balboa (2015), Black Panther (2018), Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), and Sinners (2025), all of which he also wrote, and all of which feature Michael B. Jordan. His first film was an indie success, and the rest have been major blockbusters, with Black Panther becoming one of the biggest superhero movies ever, and Sinners one of the highest-grossing horror films of all time. He has also produced the Creed sequels, as well as Judas and the Black Messiah and Space Jam: A New Legacy. He has been married to Zinzi Evans, with whom he has two children, since 2016.

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Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 62 wins & 88 nominations total

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Angela Bassett, Florence Kasumba, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o, Tenoch Huerta, Alex Livinalli, Michaela Coel, Letitia Wright, Mabel Cadena, and Winston Duke in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

6.6

Director

2022

Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Martin Freeman, Michael B. Jordan, Andy Serkis, Chadwick Boseman, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o, Daniel Kaluuya, and Letitia Wright in Black Panther (2018)

Black Panther

7.3

Director

2018

Creed : L'Héritage de Rocky Balboa

7.6

Director(directed by)

2015

Sinners

7.6

Producer(produced by, p.g.a.)

2025

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Producer

Eyes of Wakanda
6.3
TV Mini Series
- executive producer
- 2025
Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time
7.9
TV Mini Series
- executive producer
- 2025
Ironheart
4.4
TV Mini Series
- executive producer
- 2025
Sinners
7.6
- producer (produced by, p.g.a.)
- 2025
Anthem
4.0
- producer
- 2023
Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever
7.1
TV Mini Series
- executive producer
- 2023
Creed III
6.7
- producer (p.g.a.)
- 2023
Stephen Curry: Underrated
7.3
- producer (produced by)
- 2023
Wakanda Forever: The Official Black Panther Podcast
4.7
Podcast Series
- executive producer
- 2022
Space Jam : Nouvelle Ère
4.5
- producer (produced by, p.g.a.)
- 2021
Judas and the Black Messiah
7.4
- producer (p.g.a.)
- 2021
Homeroom
5.6
- executive producer
- 2021
Creed II
7.1
- executive producer
- 2018
30 for 30
8.8
TV Series
- executive producer
- 2014
The Castle Tale
Short
- producer
- 2012

Director

Sinners
7.6
- Director
- 2025
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
6.6
- Director
- 2022
Black Panther
7.3
- Director
- 2018
Creed : L'Héritage de Rocky Balboa
7.6
- Director (directed by)
- 2015
From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
7.2
TV Movie
- Director
- 2015
HitRECord on TV
8.1
TV Series
- Director (segment ": "The Edge of Space")
- 2014
Fruitvale Station
7.5
- Director
- 2013
The Sculptor
3.0
Short
- Director
- 2011
Fig
7.3
Short
- Director
- 2010
Locks
6.6
Short
- Director
- 2009

Trivia
Partnered with Oscar-winning actor Forest Whitaker who agreed to develop and produce his first feature-film project, Fruitvale Station (2013).

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[re making Fruitvale Station (2013)] We shot here [BART station] for three nights after the station was closed, Everybody was there with us: BART employees, safety monitors, train drivers, all the cast members and crew. Some of us would pray; others would just keep to themselves. The energy of it hit everybody. It was the hardest thing I've done in my life, making this movie. Having to see [real-life hero] Oscar die so many times. And having to see the people react to it. That never gets easy, man. Never.