Ryan Coogler

Ryan Kyle Coogler directed Black Panther and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and will direct Black Panther 3.

He wrote the stories for Black Panther and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and co-wrote their screenplays with Joe Robert Cole. He will also write Black Panther 3.

He was an executive producer on Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever, Ironheart,^[4] Eyes of Wakanda^[1] and the untitled live-action Wakanda spinoff starring Danai Gurira.^[2]^[3]

Awards[]

He won a Saturn Award for Best Director for his work on Black Panther.
Together with Joe Robert Cole, he was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Writing for his work on Black Panther.
He was nominated for a Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Director for his work on Black Panther.
Together with Joe Robert Cole, he was nominated for a Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for his work on Black Panther.
Together with Joe Robert Cole, he was nominated for a San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for his work on Black Panther.
Together with Joe Robert Cole, he was nominated for a Critics' Choice Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for his work on Black Panther.
Together with Joe Robert Cole, he was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Adapted Screenplay for his work on Black Panther.

Ryan Coogler is the husband of Zinzi Coogler.
Ryan Coogler is the son of Joselyn Coogler and the brother of White Dave.
Ryan Coogler previously worked with Michael B. Jordan in Fruitvale Station and Creed, and worked again with him in Creed II, Space Jam: A New Legacy and Creed III.
Ryan Coogler was previously interviewed by Trevor Noah on the Comedy Central production The Daily Show.
Ryan Coogler reunited with most of his crew from Creed and Fruitvale Station for Black Panther, including cinematographer Rachel Morrison, editors Claudia Castello and Michael P. Shawver, and production designer Hannah Beachler.
Ryan Coogler previously worked with Dominique Thorne in Judas and the Black Messiah.
Ryan Coogler previously worked with Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian in Fruitvale Station, Judas and the Black Messiah and Space Jam: A New Legacy.
Ryan Coogler worked again with Daniel Kaluuya in Judas and the Black Messiah.
He had requested Namor to be not used in any film before Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.^[5]