Ryan Coogler
Biography
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.
Most directed genres
Recurring actors
- Michael B. Jordan 5
- Letitia Wright 3
- Trestin George 3
- Winston Duke 3
- Angela Bassett 2
- Danai Gurira 2
- Lupita Nyong'o 2
- Martin Freeman 2
The career in numbers
- US$ 588 mi Total budget from 5 film(s) with data
- US$ 2.8 bi Total box office from 5 film(s) with data
- US$ 118 mi Average budget from 5 film(s) with data
- US$ 554 mi Average box office from 5 film(s) with data
- 7.3 Average rating from 5 film(s) with data
- 4.7× Return on investment from 5 film(s) with data
Budget and box office do not exist for every film in our records. Averages are computed over the films that carry the figure, and the count beside each one says how many.
Films directed
| Film | Year | Budget | Box office | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Black Panther 3
|
2028 | — | — | — |
Sinners
|
2025 | US$ 100 mi | US$ 371 mi | 7.5 |
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
|
2022 | US$ 250 mi | US$ 859 mi | 7.0 |
Black Panther
|
2018 | US$ 200 mi | US$ 1.3 bi | 7.4 |
Creed
|
2015 | US$ 37 mi | US$ 174 mi | 7.4 |
Fruitvale Station
|
2013 | US$ 900,000 | US$ 18 mi | 7.4 |
Fig
|
2011 | — | — | 6.0 |
The Sculptor
|
2011 | — | — | — |
Locks
|
2009 | — | — | 7.1 |
Wrong Answer
|
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