Age: 40
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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: Wakanda Forever
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Following the loss of their king T'Challa, Shuri becomes Queen of Wakanda but does not want to be Black Panther, too much death in her family has been caused by it. M'Baku declares himself as Black Panther, wanting to unite the five tribes. Okoye announces her claim to Black Panther, wanting to protect her Queen. Nakia proclaims herself as Black Panther, wanting to continue T'Challa's legacy. W'Kabi steps up, wanting to become Black Panther as redemption for his mistakes of turning on T'Challa and helping Killmonger take the throne. The four challengers fight for the right to become Black Panther but Namor and Atlantis attack a weakened Wakanda. With a new Queen and no Black Panther, Atlantis invades. Namor claims he wants Shuri to be his Queen, so that he becomes King of Atlantis and Wakanda. If she refuses his offer, he will kill her and become King by force.
