Ryan Coogler

Producer
Director
Writer

IMDb sits down with stars Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Tenoch Huerta, Mabel Cadena, Alex Livinalli, and director Ryan Coogler to learn more about favorite costumes, cast traditions on set, underwater feats of endurance, Talokan phrases, memorable fan encounters, and more.

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Ryan Kyle Coogler is an African-American filmmaker and producer who is from Oakland, California. He is known for directing the Black Panther film series, Creed, a Rocky spin-off and Fruitvale Station. He frequently casts Michael B. Jordan in his works. He produced the Creed sequels, Judas and the Black Messiah and Space Jam: A New Legacy. He is married to Zinzi since 2016.

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Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 60 wins & 87 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

7.6

Director

2015

Fruitvale Station

7.5

Director

2013

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Sinners
8.1
- producer (produced by, p.g.a.)
- 2025
Anthem
3.9
- producer
- 2023
Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever
7.0
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
4.6
Podcast Series
- executive producer
- 2022
Space Jam: A New Legacy
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

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.