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Ryan Coogler is an American filmmaker whose work has reshaped what blockbuster cinema can look like. After studying at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, he made his feature debut with Fruitvale Station (2013), which won the Grand Jury Prize for U.S. Drama at Sundance and the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. He went on to direct and co-write Creed (2015), then the Marvel landmarks Black Panther (2018) and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). As a producer he backed Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) and Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021). His original supernatural horror film Sinners (2025), which he wrote, directed and produced, won him the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay plus BAFTA and Critics' Choice writing honors and earned him Oscar nominations for Best Director and Best Picture. His honors also include a Grammy Award, a Golden Globe, the Producers Guild Stanley Kramer Award and multiple NAACP Image Awards, and Time named him to the Time 100 list. In 2021 he co-founded the production company Proximity Media. As a speaker, Coogler offers an inside view of authorship, culture and building a career from independent film to global franchises.
- Active since 2009
- Born in Oakland
- Honors: Academy Award
- Notable work: Space Jam: A New Legacy, Black Panther, Sinners
- Category: Speaker
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Milestones
- Received the Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award
- Received the Producers Guild Stanley Kramer Award
- Received the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature
- Received the Time 100
- Received the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Original and Adapted Screenplay
- Received the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay
- Received the Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- Received the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Director
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Our estimate puts Ryan Coogler in the $100K–$250K range (estimate).
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