Ryan Coogler

Ryan Kyle Coogler born May 23 1986 is an American film director producer and screenwriter His first feature film Fruitvale Station 2013 won the top audience and grand jury awards in the US dramatic competition at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival He has since cowritten and directed the seventh film in the Rocky series Creed 2015 and the Marvel film Black Panther 2018 the latter of which broke numerous box office records and became the highestgrossing film of all time by an African American director Cooglers films have received significant critical acclaim and commercial success In 2013 he was included on Times list of the 30 people under 30 who are changing the world His work has been hailed by critics for centering on often overlooked cultures and charactersmost notably African Americans He frequently collaborates with actor Michael B Jordan who appeared in his first three feature films as well as composer Ludwig Göransson who has scored four of his films In 2018 Coogler was named the runnerup of Times 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 Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian founded multimedia company Proximity Media to create eventdriven content across various platforms