Ryan Coogler

Ryan Coogler

1986-05-23 Oakland, California, USA 27 Credits

Biography

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 two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a Grammy Award. He made his feature-length debut with the independent film Fruitvale Station (2013), which won the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award for U.S. dramatic film at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. It also won Best First Film at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Since then, he has ...

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Sinners

Sinners

2025

Director, Writer, Producer

7.6
Directing Writing Producing

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is wait...

Megalopolis

Megalopolis

2024

Thanks

5.2

Genius artist Cesar Catilina seeks to leap the City of New Rome into a utopian, idealistic future, while his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero, remain...

Stephen Curry: Underrated

Stephen Curry: Underrated

2023

Producer

7.6
Producing

The remarkable coming-of-age story of Stephen Curry—one of the most influential, dynamic, and unexpected players in basketball history—and his rise fr...

Creed III

Creed III

2023

Producer, Story

7.1
Producing Writing

After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed has thrived in his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian A...

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

2023

as Self

6.5
Acting

Follow the production of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” as the cast and crew take on the incredible challenge of remembering T’Challa with a chapter...

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

2022

Story, Screenplay, Director

7.1
Writing Directing

Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M’Baku, Okoye and the Dora Milaje fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s dea...

20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda

20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda

2022

as Self

4.9
Acting

Exploring the evolution of Black Panther from the comic emerging in the 1960s to the film the world fell in love with in 2018; director Ryan Coogler; ...

Space Jam: A New Legacy

Space Jam: A New Legacy

2021

Producer

6.7
Producing

When LeBron and his young son Dom are trapped in a digital space by a rogue A.I., LeBron must get them home safe by leading Bugs, Lola Bunny and the w...

Regard Noir

Regard Noir

2021

as Self

4.5
Acting
Judas and the Black Messiah

Judas and the Black Messiah

2021

Producer

7.3
Producing

Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton ascends—fal...

Homeroom

Homeroom

2021

Executive Producer

Producing

Following the class of 2020 at Oakland High School in a year marked by seismic change, exploring the emotional world of teenagers coming of age agains...

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

2020

as Self - Director, "Black Panther" (archive footage)

8.1
Acting

A tribute to Chadwick Boseman, celebrating his life and legacy.

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

2019

as Self

6.8
Acting

The history of cinematic sound, told by legendary sound designers and visionary filmmakers.

Creed II

Creed II

2018

Executive Producer

7.0
Producing

Between personal obligations and training for his next big fight against an opponent with ties to his family's past, Adonis Creed is up against the ch...

Black Panther

Black Panther

2018

Writer, Director

7.4
Writing Directing

King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Chall...

Moonlight

Moonlight

2016

Thanks

7.4

The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecsta...

Creed

Creed

2015

Director, Screenplay, Story

7.4
Directing Writing

The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apoll...

From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues

From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues

2015

as Self

7.0
Acting

In this one-hour documentary event narrated by Michael B Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, the filmmakers and past cast members share Rockys Cinderella stor...

Fruitvale Station

Fruitvale Station

2013

Director, Screenplay

7.4
Directing Writing

Oakland, California. Young Afro-American Oscar Grant crosses paths with family members, friends, enemies and strangers before facing his fate on the p...

Fig

Fig

2011

Director

5.8
Directing

In South Los Angeles, a young mother's love for her daughter is put to the test.

Locks

Locks

2009

Producer, Sound Designer, Director

7.4
Producing Directing Writing

A young man in Oakland, California, wakes with a heavy heart and decides to take a walk through the neighborhood to the local barbershop.

Bitter Root

N/A

Producer

Producing

In 1920s Harlem, a fractured family of once-great monster hunters must face an unimaginable evil that has descended upon New York City.

Black Panther 3

N/A

Writer

Writing

Rumored third installment in Marvel Studios’ Black Panther franchise.

A Vicious Circle

A Vicious Circle

N/A

Producer

Producing

Assassins from the future hunt each other through time. Described as "John Wick meets Looper".

Sinners 2

N/A

Producer, Characters

Producing

Sequel to the 2025 film Sinners. Plot TBA.

Doppelgänger

N/A

Producer

Producing

An original take on the spy thriller. Plot TBA.

Wrong Answer

Wrong Answer

N/A

Director, Producer

Directing Producing

Follows math teacher Damany Lewis amid the fallout of the 2006 Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal, an episode that saw eleven teachers indicted o...