Age: 40
male
Ryan Kyle Coogler (born May 23, 1986) is an American filmmaker. He has received an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, four Black Reel Awards, a Grammy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and ten 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 nominations for the Academy Award 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 2018, Coogler was named the runner-up of 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.
Ryan Coogler
Director
for Director in Black Panther and the Crew (2024)
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With T'Challa gone, M'mbaku is leading a nation still grieving the loss of their Panther King and Great Queen Ramonda. Shuri is the new Black Panther, fighting crime wherever she finds it, Nakia is raising her son in Haiti while also dealing with a strange ability she has gained, and Okeye is dealing with life off duty as a Midnight Angel. Wakanda is not transitioning well into the new leadership and "abandonment" from their Princess. There's even whispers of a revolution in Wakandan walls. Meanwhile in Harlem, Misty Knight and Luke Cage are attempting to catch the killer of a well-known Harlem activist. The world is filled with fear, hate and violence. With the guidance of Storm, the crew will band together to fight injustice.
