Ruth E. Carter

Ruth E. Carter

Costume & Make-Up
Born 1960-04-10 Springfield, Massachusetts, USA 73 credits Academy Awards 2 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1

Awards

Won 2 Academy Awards

Academy Awards 2 won · 3 nominated

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 won

  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Won

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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.
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Filmography — top 60 of 73
Other credits 46 credits
Seinfeld
Seinfeld
1989 · ★ 8.3 · Costume Design
Sinners
Sinners
2025 · ★ 7.5 · Costume Design
Black Panther
Black Panther
2018 · ★ 7.4 · Costume Design
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022 · ★ 7.0 · Costume Design
The Pickup
The Pickup
2025 · ★ 6.4 · Costume Design
Four Brothers
Four Brothers
2005 · ★ 6.8 · Costume Design
Serenity
Serenity
2005 · ★ 7.4 · Costume Design
Oldboy
Oldboy
2013 · ★ 5.9 · Costume Design
The Butler
The Butler
2013 · ★ 7.3 · Costume Design
Keeping Up with the Joneses
Keeping Up with the Joneses
2016 · ★ 6.1 · Costume Design
Roots
Roots
2016 · ★ 6.9 · Costume Design
Money Train
Money Train
1995 · ★ 5.9 · Costume Design
Meet Dave
Meet Dave
2008 · ★ 5.3 · Costume Design
Daddy Day Care
Daddy Day Care
2003 · ★ 5.9 · Costume Design
Do the Right Thing
Do the Right Thing
1989 · ★ 7.8 · Costume Design
Malcolm X
Malcolm X
1992 · ★ 7.6 · Costume Design
Coming 2 America
Coming 2 America
2021 · ★ 6.3 · Costume Design
The Best of Me
The Best of Me
2014 · ★ 7.5 · Costume Design
Shaft
Shaft
2000 · ★ 6.0 · Costume Design
Spread
Spread
2009 · ★ 5.6 · Costume Design
Dr. Dolittle 2
Dr. Dolittle 2
2001 · ★ 5.3 · Costume Design
Imagine That
Imagine That
2009 · ★ 6.0 · Costume Design
I Spy
I Spy
2002 · ★ 5.4 · Costume Design
Above Suspicion
Above Suspicion
2019 · ★ 5.9 · Costume Design
The Thomas Crown Affair
The Thomas Crown Affair
2027 · Costume Design
Teen Beach Movie
Teen Beach Movie
2013 · ★ 6.9 · Costume Design
Jungle Fever
Jungle Fever
1991 · ★ 6.4 · Costume Design
Marshall
Marshall
2017 · ★ 7.2 · Costume Design
What's Love Got to Do with It
What's Love Got to Do with It
1993 · ★ 7.0 · Costume Design
Selma
Selma
2014 · ★ 7.4 · Costume Design
Thief
Thief
2006 · Costume Design
Bamboozled
Bamboozled
2000 · ★ 6.3 · Costume Design
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1988 · ★ 6.4 · Costume Design
Baby Boy
Baby Boy
2001 · ★ 7.1 · Costume Design
Clockers
Clockers
1995 · ★ 6.7 · Costume Design
Summer of Sam
Summer of Sam
1999 · ★ 6.5 · Costume Design
Surviving the Game
Surviving the Game
1994 · ★ 6.1 · Costume Design
Black Dynamite
Black Dynamite
2009 · ★ 7.1 · Costume Design
The Meteor Man
The Meteor Man
1993 · ★ 5.8 · Costume Design
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998 · ★ 5.8 · Costume Design
Crooklyn
Crooklyn
1994 · ★ 6.8 · Costume Design
The Great White Hype
The Great White Hype
1996 · ★ 5.2 · Costume Design
Love & Basketball
Love & Basketball
2000 · ★ 7.4 · Costume Design
Mo' Better Blues
Mo' Better Blues
1990 · ★ 6.5 · Costume Design
Chi-Raq
Chi-Raq
2015 · ★ 5.7 · Costume Design
Frankie & Alice
Frankie & Alice
2010 · ★ 5.9 · Costume Design
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