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Ryan Coogler

Ryan Kyle Coogler is an African-American screenwriter-director born on May 23, 1986, in Oakland, California. In his earlier years, he played football -- a vocation that stayed with him into his college career. While he was at Saint Mary's College of California, his English professor, Rosemary Graham, suggested that Coogler consider a screenwriting career. Coogler then attended Sacramento State, and later, USC School of Cinematic Arts, eventually directing four short films while there: Locks (2009), Fig (2011), The Sculptor (2011), and Gap (2011). Three of these shorts either won or were nominated for different awards. Coogler's first feature film was titled Fruitvale, and later Fruitvale Station (2013). It is based on the final 24 hours of Oscar Grant's life, before he was shot and killed by one of Oakland's Fruitvale BART station's police officers, on the first day of 2009. Produced by actor-director Forest Whitaker, the feature starring Michael B. Jordan won many awards. Coogler then directed Creed (2015), a sequel/spin-off of the Rocky movies. It won critical accolades for both him and actor Jordan, who had collaborated with Coogler again. In early 2016, Coogler was slated to direct and jointly write the script for Marvel Studios' feature film, Black Panther.


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Born:
May 23, 1986 In Oakland, California, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
8
First Appeared:
In the series Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter 2015-08-02
Latest Project:
Movie Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 2023-02-08
Known For
Poster of Elvis Goes There
Poster of From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
Poster of Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Filmography
Movie Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Self 2023-02-08
Movie 20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda Self 2022-11-04
Movie Regard Noir Himself 2021-03-21
Movie Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King Self - Director, "Black Panther" (archive footage) 2020-08-30
Movie Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound Self 2019-10-25
Series Elvis Goes There Himself 2019-02-04
Series Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Unknown 2015-08-02
Movie From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues Self 2015-11-18