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| Wins | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominations | 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ryan Coogler is an American filmmaker. He is known for directing franchise films and blockbusters. He has received nominations for various accolades, including five Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA), five Critics' Choice Awards (winning one), four Golden Globe Awards (winning one), and three Grammy Awards (winning one).
Coogler made his feature-length debut with the independent film Fruitvale Station (2013), winning prizes at both the Sundance Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival, before transitioning to directing and writing franchise films such as the Rocky series spinoff Creed (2015), as well as the Marvel films Black Panther (2018) and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). Coogler has also produced the historical drama Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. He co-wrote the song "Lift Me Up" with Rihanna and Nigerian singer Tems for the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack (2022), which earned him nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Song, the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, and the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media.
Coogler directed, wrote and produced the 2025 horror film Sinners , which received unanimous acclaim both from critics and audiences alike. It earned him three Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. The film broke the Oscars' all-time nomination record, earning 16 nods and surpassing the previous mark of 14. [1] . It also earned him nominations for three BAFTA Awards, three Critics' Choice Awards, winning Best Original Screenplay, three Golden Globe Awards, winning Best Cinematic and Box Office Achievement, the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing in a Feature Film, and the Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture. He also won the Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media for the film's accompanying soundtrack.
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Best Picture | Judas and the Black Messiah | Nominated | [2] |
| 2022 | Best Original Song | "Lift Me Up" (from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ) | Nominated | [3] |
| 2026 | Best Picture | Sinners | Pending | [4] |
| Best Director | Pending | |||
| Best Original Screenplay | Pending |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Best Film | Sinners | Pending | [5] |
| Best Direction | Pending | |||
| Best Original Screenplay | Pending |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Black Panther | Nominated | |
| 2022 | Best Song | "Lift Me Up" (from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ) | Nominated | [6] |
| 2026 | Best Picture | Sinners | Nominated | |
| Best Director | Nominated | |||
| Best Original Screenplay | Won |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Best Original Song | "Lift Me Up" (from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ) | Nominated | [7] |
| 2026 | Best Director | Sinners | Nominated | [8] |
| Best Screenplay | Nominated | |||
| Best Cinematic and Box Office Achievement | Won |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Best Song Written for Visual Media | "Lift Me Up" | Nominated | [9] |
| Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Music From And Inspired By | Nominated | ||
| 2026 | Sinners | Won | [10] |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directors Guild of America Awards | ||||
| 2026 | Outstanding Directing in Theatrical Feature Film | Sinners | Pending | [11] |
| Producers Guild of America Awards | ||||
| 2026 | Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures | Sinners | Pending | [12] |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | ||||
| 2019 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Black Panther | Nominated | [13] |
| 2023 | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Nominated | [14] | |
| 2026 | Best Original Screenplay | Sinners | Pending | [15] |
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Cannes Film Festival | Prix de l'Avenir d'Un Certain Regard | Fruitvale Station | Won | |
| Grand Prix d'Un Certain Regard | Nominated | ||||
| Caméra d'Or | Nominated | ||||
| Gotham Awards | Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award | Won | |||
| Nantucket Film Festival | Vimeo Award for Best Writer/Director | Won | |||
| National Board of Review | Best Directorial Debut | Won | |||
| Sundance Film Festival | Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic | Won | [16] | ||
| Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Dramatic | Won | ||||
| Black Reel Awards | Outstanding Director | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Screenplay, Adapted or Original | Nominated | ||||
| Independent Spirit Awards | Best First Feature | Won | |||
| NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture | Nominated | |||
| NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Independent Motion Picture | Won | |||
| Satellite Awards | Honorary Satellite Award | Won | |||
| 2015 | NAACP Image Award | Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture | Creed | Won | |
| Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (with Aaron Covington) | Won | ||||
| Empire Awards | Best Director | Nominated | |||
| 2018 | Saturn Awards | Best Director | Black Panther | Won | |
| Best Writing (with Joe Robert Cole) | Nominated | ||||
| Satellite Awards | Auteur Award | Won | |||
| USC Scripter Award | Best Adapted Screenplay (with Joe Robert Cole) | Nominated | |||
| Black Reel Awards | Outstanding Director | Won | |||
| Outstanding Screenplay (with Joe Robert Cole) | Nominated | ||||
| NAACP Image Award | Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture | Won | |||
| Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (with Joe Robert Cole) | Won | ||||
| Outstanding Motion Picture | Won | ||||
| 2022 | Golden Raspberry Awards | Worst Picture | Space Jam: A New Legacy | Nominated | |
| Hollywood Music in Media Awards | Best Original Song in a Feature Film (for "Lift Me Up") | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Won | [17] | |
| 2023 | Black Reel Awards | Outstanding Director | Nominated | ||
| Outstanding Screenplay | Nominated | ||||
| NAACP Image Award | Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture | Won | ||||
| Hugo Award | Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form (with Joe Robert Cole) | Nominated | |||
| 2026 | Astra Film Awards | Best Director | Sinners | Won | [18] |
| Independent Spirit Awards | Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series (as executive producer) | Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time | Pending | [19] | |
| National Board of Review | Top Ten Films | Sinners | Won | [20] | |
| Best Original Screenplay | Won |
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Austin Film Critics Association | Best First Film | Fruitvale Station | Won | |
| Boston Online Film Critics Association | Best New Filmmaker | Won | |||
| Chicago Film Critics Association | Most Promising Filmmaker | Nominated | |||
| Detroit Film Critics Society | Best Breakthrough | Nominated | |||
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society | Breakout Filmmaker of the Year | Won | |||
| New York Film Critics Online | Best Debut Director | Won | |||
| Phoenix Film Critics Society | Breakthrough Performance Behind the Camera | Nominated | |||
| San Francisco Film Critics Circle | Marlon Riggs Award | Won | |||
| Central Ohio Film Critics | Breakthrough Film Artist | Nominated | |||
| 2015 | African-American Film Critics Association | Best Director | Creed | Nominated | |
| Indiana Film Journalists Association | Best Director | Nominated | |||
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society | Best Director | Nominated | |||
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association | New Generation Award | Won | |||
| New York Film Critics Online | Best Director | Nominated | |||
| 2018 | African-American Film Critics Association | Best Director | Black Panther | Won | |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Best Screenplay, Adapted (with Joe Robert Cole) | Nominated | |||
| San Francisco Film Critics Circle | Best Adapted Screenplay (with Joe Robert Cole) | Nominated | |||
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | Best Director | Nominated | |||
| Best Adapted Screenplay (with Joe Robert Cole) | Nominated | ||||
| Georgia Film Critics Association | Best Adapted Screenplay (with Joe Robert Cole) | Nominated | |||
| 2026 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association | Best Director | Sinners | Runner-up | |
| London Film Critics Circle | Film of the Year | Pending | [21] | ||
| Director of the Year | Pending | ||||
| Screenwriter of the Year | Pending | ||||
| Toronto Film Critics Association | Best Film | Nominated | [22] | ||
| Best Director | Nominated | ||||
| Best Screenplay | Won |
| Organizations | Year | Accolade | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time Magazine | 2013 | List of the 30 people under 30 | Honored | [23] |
| 2018 | Person of the Year | Runner-up | [24] | |
| List of Time 100 Influential People | Honored | |||