Person
Ruth E. Carter
Costume & Make-Up · Born 1960-04-10 · Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Biography
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
Seinfeld
Costume Design
The View
Self
Sinners
Costume Design
Black Panther
Costume Design
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Costume Design
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest
The Oscars
Self
Cosmos
Costume Designer
To Tell the Truth
Self - Costume Designer for Black Panther
Serenity
Costume Design
Filmography
- 2027SnoopCostume Design
- 2027The Thomas Crown AffairCostume Design
- 2025The PickupCostume Design
- 2025SinnersCostume Design
- 2023Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda ForeverSelf
- 2022Black Panther: Wakanda ForeverCostume Design
- 202220/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of WakandaSelf
- 2021Coming 2 AmericaCostume Design
- 2019Dolemite Is My NameCostume Designer
- 2019Tamron HallSelf - Guest
- 2019Above SuspicionCostume Design
- 2018Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'Self
- 2018Black PantherCostume Design
- 2017MarshallCostume Design
- 2017KidnapCostume Designer
- 2017Abstract: The Art of DesignSelf
- 2016Keeping Up with the JonesesCostume Design
- 2016To Tell the TruthSelf - Costume Designer for Black Panther
- 2016RootsCostume Design
- 2015Chi-RaqCostume Design
- 2015Da Sweet Blood of JesusCostume Design
- 2014SelmaCostume Design
- 2014The Best of MeCostume Design
- 2014CosmosCostume Designer
- 2013OldboyCostume Design
- 2013The ButlerCostume Design
- 2013Teen Beach MovieCostume Design
- 2012SparkleCostume Design
- 2011AbductionCostume Designer
- 2010Frankie & AliceCostume Design
- 2009Black DynamiteCostume Design
- 2009Bring It On: Fight to the FinishCostume Designer
- 2009Imagine ThatCostume Design
- 2009SpreadCostume Design
- 2008Edith Head: Dressing the Master's MoviesSelf
- 2008Meet DaveCostume Design
- 2006ThiefCostume Design
- 2005SerenityCostume Design
- 2005Four BrothersCostume Design
- 2005By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'Self
- 2004Against the RopesCostume Designer
- 2003Daddy Day CareCostume Design
- 2002I SpyCostume Design
- 2001Baby BoyCostume Design
- 2001Dr. Dolittle 2Costume Design
- 2000BamboozledCostume Design
- 2000ShaftCostume Design
- 2000Love & BasketballCostume Design
- 1999Summer of SamCostume Design
- 1998How Stella Got Her Groove BackCostume Design
- 1997AmistadCostume Design
- 1997The ViewSelf
- 1997B.A.P.SCostume Design
- 1997RosewoodCostume Design
- 1996The Great White HypeCostume Design
- 1995Money TrainCostume Design
- 1995ClockersCostume Design
- 1994CobbCostume Designer
- 1994CrooklynCostume Design
- 1994Surviving the GameCostume Design
- 1993The Meteor ManCostume Design
- 1993What's Love Got to Do with ItCostume Design
- 1992Malcolm XCostume Design
- 1991House Party 2Costume Designer
- 1991Jungle FeverCostume Design
- 1991The Five HeartbeatsCostume Design
- 1990Mo' Better BluesCostume Design
- 1990Spike & Co. Do It a-CappellaCostume Designer
- 1989SeinfeldCostume Design
- 1989Do the Right ThingCostume Design
- 1988I'm Gonna Git You SuckaCostume Design
- 1988School DazeCostume Designer
- 1953The OscarsSelf
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