Ryan Coogler

Ryan Kyle Coogler is an American film-maker and producer from Oakland, California. Highly critically acclaimed, he has directed the films Fruitvale Station (2013), Creed (2015), Black Panther (2018), Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) and Sinners (2025), all of which he also wrote, and all of which feature Michael B. Jordan. His first film was an independent success, and the rest have been major blockbusters, with Black Panther becoming one of the most widely seen superhero movies ever, and Sinners one of the highest-grossing horror films ever made. He has also produced the Creed sequels, as well as Judas and the Black Messiah and Space Jam: A New Legacy. He has been married to Zinzi Evans, with whom he has two children, since 2016.