Ruth E. Carter
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.
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
(Self)
Edith Head: Dressing the Master's Movies
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20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
(Self)
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
(Self)
Tamron Hall
(Self - Guest)
Abstract: The Art of Design
(Self)
To Tell the Truth
(Self - Costume Designer for Black Panther)
The Oscars
(Self)
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
(Self)
Jungle Fever
(Costume Design)
Do the Right Thing
(Costume Design)
Meet Dave
(Costume Design)
Above Suspicion
(Costume Design)
I Spy
(Costume Design)
Sparkle
(Costume Design)
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
(Costume Design)
Spread
(Costume Design)
The Butler
(Costume Design)
Selma
(Costume Design)
Serenity
(Costume Design)
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
(Costume Design)
Black Dynamite
(Costume Design)
Baby Boy
(Costume Design)
Imagine That
(Costume Design)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
(Costume Design)
Summer of Sam
(Costume Design)
Malcolm X
(Costume Design)
Love & Basketball
(Costume Design)
Amistad
(Costume Design)
Money Train
(Costume Design)
Abduction
(Costume Designer)
Bring It On: Fight to the Finish
(Costume Designer)
B.A.P.S
(Costume Design)
Black Panther
(Costume Design)
Four Brothers
(Costume Design)
Marshall
(Costume Design)
Chi-Raq
(Costume Design)
Oldboy
(Costume Design)
Keeping Up with the Joneses
(Costume Design)
Dr. Dolittle 2
(Costume Design)
Daddy Day Care
(Costume Design)
The Five Heartbeats
(Costume Design)
The Great White Hype
(Costume Design)
Rosewood
(Costume Design)
Teen Beach Movie
(Costume Design)
Clockers
(Costume Design)
Kidnap
(Costume Designer)
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
(Costume Design)
Crooklyn
(Costume Design)
The Meteor Man
(Costume Design)
Blade
(Costume Design)
Cobb
(Costume Designer)
School Daze
(Costume Designer)
Bamboozled
(Costume Design)
Dolemite Is My Name
(Costume Designer)
Shaft
(Costume Design)
Surviving the Game
(Costume Design)
The Best of Me
(Costume Design)
Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
(Costume Designer)
Mo' Better Blues
(Costume Design)
What's Love Got to Do with It
(Costume Design)
Coming 2 America
(Costume Design)
Sinners
(Costume Design)
House Party 2
(Costume Designer)
Against the Ropes
(Costume Designer)
The Thomas Crown Affair
(Costume Design)
Frankie & Alice
(Costume Design)
The Pickup
(Costume Design)
Seinfeld
(Costume Design)
Cosmos
(Costume Designer)
Roots
(Costume Design)
Thief
(Costume Design)