Ruth E. Carter
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Ruth E. Carter (born April 10, 1960) is an American costume designer for film and television. She is best known for her collaborations with Spike Lee, John Singleton, and Ryan Coogler. During her film career, Carter has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, for her work on Lee's biographical film Malcolm X (1992), Steven Spielberg's historical drama film Amistad (1997), and won twice for Coogler's Marvel superhero films Black Panther (2018) and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022); becoming the first African-American to win and be nominated for Best Costume Design. She was nominated for a fifth time for her work in Coogler's Sinners (2025), breaking the record for most-nominated Black woman in Oscar history. Her other film credits include Do the Right Thing(1989), What's Love Got to Do with It (1993), Love & Basketball (2000), Serenity (2005), The Butler (2013), Selma (2014), Marshall (2017), Dolemite Is My Name (2019), and Coming 2 America (2021). She also received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Period Costumes for a Limited Series for her work on the 2016 miniseries Roots. Carter is the recipient of the Career Achievement Award from the Costume Designers Guild Awards, in addition to receiving two competitive awards from the organisation. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ruth E. Carter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
Sinners (2025)
Costume Design
Black Panther (2018)
Costume Design
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
Costume Design
Serenity (2005)
Costume Design
Oldboy (2013)
Costume Design
Four Brothers (2005)
Costume Design
The Pickup (2025)
Costume Design
Shaft (2000)
Costume Design
Malcolm X (1992)
Costume Design
Keeping Up with the Joneses (2016)
Costume Design
Meet Dave (2008)
Costume Design
Spread (2009)
Costume Design
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Costume Design
Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)
Costume Design
Daddy Day Care (2003)
Costume Design
The Butler (2013)
Costume Design
Coming 2 America (2021)
Costume Design
Baby Boy (2001)
Costume Design
I Spy (2002)
Costume Design
The Best of Me (2014)
Costume Design
Marshall (2017)
Costume Design
Money Train (1995)
Costume Design
Imagine That (2009)
Costume Design
Selma (2014)
Costume Design
Jungle Fever (1991)
Costume Design
Summer of Sam (1999)
Costume Design
Teen Beach Movie (2013)
Costume Design
Black Dynamite (2009)
Costume Design
Above Suspicion (2019)
Costume Design
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
Costume Design
What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)
Costume Design
Clockers (1995)
Costume Design
B.A.P.S (1997)
Costume Design
Chi-Raq (2015)
Costume Design
Love & Basketball (2000)
Costume Design
Bamboozled (2000)
Costume Design
How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
Costume Design
The Meteor Man (1993)
Costume Design
Surviving the Game (1994)
Costume Design
Mo' Better Blues (1990)
Costume Design
Frankie & Alice (2010)
Costume Design
The Thomas Crown Affair (2027)
Costume Design
The Great White Hype (1996)
Costume Design
Rosewood (1997)
Costume Design
Sparkle (2012)
Costume Design
Amistad (1997)
Costume Design
Crooklyn (1994)
Costume Design
The Five Heartbeats (1991)
Costume Design
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (2015)
Costume Design
Untitled Hannibal Film (—)
Costume Design