Ryan Coogler
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Ryan Kyle Coogler (born May 23, 1986) is an American filmmaker. He has received ten NAACP Image Awards and four Black Reel Awards. He has been nominated for five Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a Grammy Award. Coogler directed a few short films at the USC School of Cinematic Arts before his feature-length debut with Fruitvale Station (2013). Then he 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 horrorfilm Sinners (2025), which he also wrote and directed. 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 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 multimedia production company Proximity Media. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ryan Coogler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Date of Birth
May 23, 1986
Place of Birth
Oakland, California, USA
Gender
Male
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