Ruth E. Carter
Ruth E. Carter (born April 10, 1960) is an American costume designer for film and television, with over 40 films to her credit. During her 30-year-plus film career, Carter has been nominated four times for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, for her work on Spike Lee's biographical film Malcolm X (1992), Steven Spielberg's historical drama film Amistad (1997), and her most recent work on Ryan Coogler's Marvel superhero films Black Panther (2018) and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). For her work on Black Panther, she won the award and became the first African-American to win an Academy Award in that category. She made further history by winning the same award for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, which makes her the first Black woman to win multiple Oscars in any category. Carter also has a large exhibit at the North Carolina Museum of Art displaying more than 60 of her original garments while also showcasing her immersive process, historical research, and the attention to detail that imbues every project she brings to life.
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
(Self)
Edith Head: Dressing the Master's Movies
(Self)
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)