Biography

Ryan Coogler

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Ryan Coogler is one of the best and world-renowned film directors. He is also a screenwriter. He is an award-winning director who has been able to dazzle the glamorous world of films with his awesome and breathtaking directing and screenwriting skills.

Early Life and Birth Details

He was born on May 23, 1986. He is 29 years old right now. He was born in Oakland, California which lies in the United States of America. His nationality is American and his ethnicity is black. He spent his childhood in his birthplace that is Oakland, California.

He lived there until he was eight and then moved to Richmond, California. He is the son of Ira Coogler and Joselyn Coogler. He has two brothers as his siblings who's names are Noah Coogler and Keenan Coogler.

Educational Details

He completed his schooling at Saint Mary's College High School which is a private Catholic school that lies in Albany, California. He went to Saint Mary's College of California as he received a football scholarship. Later he was encouraged by his English lecturer to pursue a screenwriting career.

He then canceled his football scholarship and joined Sacramento State after attaining a scholarship to play. He made a lot of short films while he was attending the USC School of Cinematic Arts.

Early Carrer

He started his career in short films while he was attending USC. He was even nominated for many awards. He won the Dana and Albert Broccoli Award for Filmmaking Excellence for his short film Locks which was released in 2009 and screened at Tribeca Film Festival.

He started his career in feature films with his debut film Fruitvale Station which he wrote and directed himself in 2013. He was nominated for many awards and some of them are Gotham Independent Film Audience Award, and NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture. In 2018, his directed movie Black Panther was released which stars Michael B. Jordan, Melonie Diaz, and Ahna O'Reilly among others.

Dated Zinzi Evans 

He dated his girlfriend Zinzi Evans for a long period of time and then the couple decided to get engaged. The very famous American film director and producer Coogler has been married to Zinzi Evans since 2016.

The couple, who rarely appears in the public with his wife is very happy with his relationship with his wife. Talking to "The YBF" in 2018, Coogler told he couldn't wait anymore to welcome a baby girl with his wife. However, there is not any information if the couple has welcomed a baby or not.

Current Relationship Status 

He is married to Rayan Coogler in 2016 and there is no chance of divorce and him having extramarital affairs. He has always dated women and now is married to a woman, so there is no possibility of him being gay and ever having a boyfriend.

There was a rumor that he was gay but with the news of his engagement with his girlfriend, that rumor was proven wrong. 

Net Worth

He is a very tall man with a height of 5 ft 10 inches. He is a very successful director and screenwriter which is represented by his high net worth. As of 2022, Ryan Coogler's net worth is estimated to be around $25 million.

He earns a lucrative salary from his career. There is no exact information regarding his exact income and salary, however, looking at his fame, we can easily speculate that his salary ranges in thousands of dollars.

He is active on social networking sites like Twitter. He has 107 followers on Twitter. He only has tweeted 4 times.

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