Ruth E. Carter
- Known for
- Costume & Make-Up
- Born
- April 10, 1960 (age 66)
- Birthplace
- 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
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Filmography
Black Panther 3
Movie · Costume Design
The Thomas Crown Affair
Movie · Costume Design
Snoop
Movie · Costume Design
Sinners
Movie · Costume Design
The Pickup
Movie · Costume Design
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Movie · Costume Design
Coming 2 America
Movie · Costume Design
Above Suspicion
Movie · Costume Design
Dolemite Is My Name
Movie · Costume Designer
Black Panther
Movie · Costume Design
Marshall
Movie · Costume Design
Kidnap
Movie · Costume Designer
Keeping Up with the Joneses
Movie · Costume Design
Roots
TV · Costume Design · 4 eps
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
Movie · Costume Design
Chi-Raq
Movie · Costume Design
Selma
Movie · Costume Design
The Best of Me
Movie · Costume Design
Cosmos
TV · Costume Designer · 7 eps
The Butler
Movie · Costume Design
Oldboy
Movie · Costume Design
Teen Beach Movie
Movie · Costume Design
Sparkle
Movie · Costume Design
Abduction
Movie · Costume Designer
Frankie & Alice
Movie · Costume Design
Spread
Movie · Costume Design
Black Dynamite
Movie · Costume Design
Imagine That
Movie · Costume Design
Bring It On: Fight to the Finish
Movie · Costume Designer
Meet Dave
Movie · Costume Design
Thief
TV · Costume Design · 5 eps
Serenity
Movie · Costume Design
Four Brothers
Movie · Costume Design
Against the Ropes
Movie · Costume Designer
Daddy Day Care
Movie · Costume Design
I Spy
Movie · Costume Design
Baby Boy
Movie · Costume Design
Dr. Dolittle 2
Movie · Costume Design
Love & Basketball
Movie · Costume Design
Bamboozled
Movie · Costume Design
Shaft
Movie · Costume Design
Summer of Sam
Movie · Costume Design
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Movie · Costume Design
Amistad
Movie · Costume Design
B.A.P.S
Movie · Costume Design
Rosewood
Movie · Costume Design
The Great White Hype
Movie · Costume Design
Money Train
Movie · Costume Design
Clockers
Movie · Costume Design
Crooklyn
Movie · Costume Design
Cobb
Movie · Costume Designer
Surviving the Game
Movie · Costume Design
The Meteor Man
Movie · Costume Design
What's Love Got to Do with It
Movie · Costume Design
Malcolm X
Movie · Costume Design
Jungle Fever
Movie · Costume Design
The Five Heartbeats
Movie · Costume Design
House Party 2
Movie · Costume Designer
Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
Movie · Costume Designer
Mo' Better Blues
Movie · Costume Design
Do the Right Thing
Movie · Costume Design
Seinfeld
TV · Costume Design · 1 ep
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Movie · Costume Design
School Daze
Movie · Costume Designer