Ryan Coogler Wiki: 5 Facts To Know About The 'Black Panther' Director

Ryan Coogler is a renowned film director and screen writer. The award winning director has got superb directing and screenwriting skills. Coogler was born in 1986 in Oakland, California. Coogler has spent his childhood at Oakland and then his family moved to Richmond, California when he was eight years old. Coogler is the son of Ira Coogler and Joselyn Coogler. Coogler has two brothers, Noah Coogler and Keenan Coogler. Coogler completed his schooling from Saint Mary's College High School in Albany, California. He later went to Saint Mary's College of California on football scholarship. He made a lot of short films while attending the USC school of Cinematic Arts. Coogler won the Dana and Albert Broccoli Award for filmmaking Excellence for his short film 'Locks' released in 2009. 'Locks' was screened at the Tribeca Film Festival. Coogler started his career in films with his debut film, 'Fruitvale Station' in 2013. He was nominated for many awards including, Gotham Independent Film Audience Award, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture. Coogler was in a relationship with his girlfriend Zinvi Evans for a long time before they got engaged. He is not married yet. He is active in social networking sites like Twitter. He has 107 followers in the Twitter. He only has tweeted 4 times.

Director Ryan Coogler has a net worth of $10 million.

There are some interesting facts about the 'Black Panther' director and writer, Ryan Coogler. Coogler shot to fame with his movie, 'Black Panther'. He has directed only two movies before this and yet has managed to make a name for himself. His debut film, 'Fruitvale Station' was about the true story of Oscar Grand III. Coogler and Jordan paired again after two years for the film, 'Creed' which was a rocky spin-off that paved the way for both the men to be involved with 'Black Panther'. Here is what you need to know about Ryan Coogler: 1. Coogler used to play football in college. Coogler's mother is a community organizer and his father is a probation counselor at a juvenile correctional facility. He was always active in sports right from the start, playing football and running track. He went to Saint Mary's College of California on a Football scholarship. In 204, even though the college dropped the football program, Coogler was quick to move on in life. He transferred to Sacramento State, where he was given a scholarship to play wide receiver. He played four seasons for the Hornets and finished his college career with 112 receptions, six touchdowns and over twelve hundred yards. Coogler graduated in 2008 with a degree in finance. 2. Coogler got interested in film-making while he was in college. He was encouraged to take up screenwriting by his professor and after transferring to Sacramento State, he continued to pursue screenwriting. Coogler also said that he used to write comic books and alternate story lines for stuff he watched on television when he was younger. “Before playing football, I didn’t fit in anywhere,” he said in 2013. “My parents didn’t have a lot of money, which they spent on our education, to send us to catholic private school in Oakland, mostly black. The other kids had more money than I did. I started school early, I was young. So I’d come back to my hood and read.” After graduating, Coogler studied film-making at the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts. There, he directed four short films while attending USC. He directed 'Locks' in 2009, and in 2011 he directed 'Fig', 'Sculptor' and 'Gap'. He wrote both 'The Sculptor' and 'Locks'. 3. Coogler initially teamed up with Michael B. Jordan for his first full-length film 'Fruitvale Station'. This movie was being developed at the same time Coogler was shooting for the film 'Locks'. The film tells the story of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old black man who was killed by a transit police officer in Oakland on New Year’s Day 2009. The incident led to riots in the Bay Area. It was a true story and it was deeply personal for Coogler. “When I watched the footage, I couldn’t help but to see myself in Oscar. We’re the same age, from the same location, wearing the same kind of clothes, his friends looked like my friends,” he said in 2013. “I imagined: what would happen if I didn’t make it home to the people that I cared about.” “I thought there was lot of inherent irony in the fact it happened on New Year’s Eve, a day when people are thinking about the future, they’re the optimistic, best version of themselves, looking forward to a clean slate. I always knew I wanted to tell it in that format, spend time, let things breathe, let the audience spend time with the character.” “Mike was perfect for the role,” Coogler said in 2013. “In telling the story I knew I wanted to approach someone capable of carrying the film, he’s on-screen 98% of the film, the audience would have to relate to him.” 4. Coogler wrote the film, 'Creed' owing to his memories of watching 'Rocky' with his father. After the success of 'Fruitvale Station', Coogler next wanted to make a movie that deeply resonated with his childhood. 'Creed' for him was not just an opportunity to rejuvenate the 'Rocky' franchise but it was his chance to produce a movie that brought back childhood memories. “My dad and I were always really close growing up and, since I was really young, he would make me watch ‘Rocky’ movies,” Coogler said in 2015. ” ‘Rocky II’ specifically — that was his favorite movie. If I had a big football game, he’d have me watch ‘Rocky II.'” Coogler's father suffered a mysterious illness in 2011 and later it was discovered to be severe vitamin deficiency. It left him unable to walk. “I was dealing with seeing him become weak, and our relationship changed as a result of it,” Coogler said. “I had to kind of deal with his mortality.” Coogler got motivated to make a movie that his father would love to watch and hence he decided to make something related to Rocky. The first obstacle was to get Sylvester Stallone ready. “I could tell Sly was like, ‘This kid is out of his mind,'” Coogler said. “But I was like, ‘It’s all good. At least I got a picture with him that I can show my dad.'” Stallone had written all of the Rocky movies in the franchise and had a very hard time handing it over to someone else. He also wrestled with the idea for a year. But he eventually agreed. Creed was released in November of 2015. Stallone was nominated for an Academy Award for supporting actor. The movie earned $173 million worldwide. The team is also working on the next installment of the franchise, 'Creed 2'. 'Creed 2' will release in November this year. 5. After ‘Black Panther,’ Coogler will work with Jordan again in ‘Wrong Answer’. After Black Panther, Coogler is once again working with Jordan. The increasingly formidable duo’s next project will be 'Wrong Answer', their fourth collaboration.

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