Ruth E. Carter
Born: 1960-04-10 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Known For: Costume & Make-Up
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.
Filmography
2027
- The Thomas Crown Affair ... (Costume Design)
2025
- Sinners ... (Costume Design)
- The Pickup ... (Costume Design)
2022
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ... (Costume Design)
- 20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda as Self
2021
- Coming 2 America ... (Costume Design)
2019
- Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- Above Suspicion ... (Costume Design)
- Dolemite Is My Name ... (Costume Designer)
2018
- Black Panther ... (Costume Design)
- Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' as Self
2017
- Kidnap ... (Costume Designer)
- Abstract: The Art of Design as Self
- Marshall ... (Costume Design)
2016
- To Tell the Truth as Self - Costume Designer for Black Panther
- Roots ... (Costume Design)
- Keeping Up with the Joneses ... (Costume Design)
2015
- Chi-Raq ... (Costume Design)
- Da Sweet Blood of Jesus ... (Costume Design)
2014
- Cosmos ... (Costume Designer)
- The Best of Me ... (Costume Design)
- Selma ... (Costume Design)
2013
- Oldboy ... (Costume Design)
- Teen Beach Movie ... (Costume Design)
- The Butler ... (Costume Design)
2012
- Sparkle ... (Costume Design)
2011
- Abduction ... (Costume Designer)
2010
- Frankie & Alice ... (Costume Design)
2009
- Spread ... (Costume Design)
- Imagine That ... (Costume Design)
- Black Dynamite ... (Costume Design)
- Bring It On: Fight to the Finish ... (Costume Designer)
2008
- Meet Dave ... (Costume Design)
- Edith Head: Dressing the Master's Movies as Self
2006
- Thief ... (Costume Design)
2005
- Four Brothers ... (Costume Design)
- Serenity ... (Costume Design)
- By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' as Self
2004
- Against the Ropes ... (Costume Designer)
2003
- Daddy Day Care ... (Costume Design)
2002
- I Spy ... (Costume Design)
2001
- Dr. Dolittle 2 ... (Costume Design)
- Baby Boy ... (Costume Design)
2000
- Shaft ... (Costume Design)
- Love & Basketball ... (Costume Design)
- Bamboozled ... (Costume Design)
1999
- Summer of Sam ... (Costume Design)
1998
- How Stella Got Her Groove Back ... (Costume Design)
1997
1996
- The Great White Hype ... (Costume Design)
1995
- Money Train ... (Costume Design)
- Clockers ... (Costume Design)
1994
- Crooklyn ... (Costume Design)
- Surviving the Game ... (Costume Design)
- Cobb ... (Costume Designer)
1993
- What's Love Got to Do with It ... (Costume Design)
- The Meteor Man ... (Costume Design)
1992
- Malcolm X ... (Costume Design)
1991
- Jungle Fever ... (Costume Design)
- The Five Heartbeats ... (Costume Design)
- House Party 2 ... (Costume Designer)
1990
- Mo' Better Blues ... (Costume Design)
- Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella ... (Costume Designer)
1989
- Seinfeld ... (Costume Design)
- Do the Right Thing ... (Costume Design)
1988
- I'm Gonna Git You Sucka ... (Costume Design)
- School Daze ... (Costume Designer)
1953
- The Oscars as Self