Ruth E. Carter
1.2Costume & Make-Up

Ruth E. Carter

Apr 10, 1960 - Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

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.

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Movie2023Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda ForeverSelf
Movie2008Edith Head: Dressing the Master's MoviesSelf
Movie202220/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of WakandaSelf
Movie2005By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'Self
TV Show2019Tamron HallSelf - Guest1
TV Show2017Abstract: The Art of DesignSelf1
TV Show2016To Tell the TruthSelf - Costume Designer for Black Panther1
TV Show1953The OscarsSelf3
TV Show2018Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'Self3

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Movie1991Jungle FeverCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1989Do the Right ThingCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie2008Meet DaveCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie2019Above SuspicionCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie2002I SpyCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie2012SparkleCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1998How Stella Got Her Groove BackCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie2009SpreadCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie2013The ButlerCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie2014SelmaCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie2005SerenityCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie2015Da Sweet Blood of JesusCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie2009Black DynamiteCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie2001Baby BoyCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie2009Imagine ThatCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie2022Black Panther: Wakanda ForeverCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1999Summer of SamCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1992Malcolm XCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie2000Love & BasketballCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1997AmistadCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1995Money TrainCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie2011AbductionCostume DesignerCostume & Make-Up
Movie2009Bring It On: Fight to the FinishCostume DesignerCostume & Make-Up
Movie1997B.A.P.SCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie2018Black PantherCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie2005Four BrothersCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie2017MarshallCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie2015Chi-RaqCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie2013OldboyCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie2016Keeping Up with the JonesesCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie2001Dr. Dolittle 2Costume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie2003Daddy Day CareCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1991The Five HeartbeatsCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1996The Great White HypeCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1997RosewoodCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie2013Teen Beach MovieCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1995ClockersCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie2017KidnapCostume DesignerCostume & Make-Up
Movie1988I'm Gonna Git You SuckaCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1994CrooklynCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1993The Meteor ManCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
MovieN/ABladeCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1994CobbCostume DesignerCostume & Make-Up
Movie1988School DazeCostume DesignerCostume & Make-Up
Movie2000BamboozledCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie2019Dolemite Is My NameCostume DesignerCostume & Make-Up
Movie2000ShaftCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1994Surviving the GameCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie2014The Best of MeCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1990Spike & Co. Do It a-CappellaCostume DesignerCostume & Make-Up
Movie1990Mo' Better BluesCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1993What's Love Got to Do with ItCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie2021Coming 2 AmericaCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie2025SinnersCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1991House Party 2Costume DesignerCostume & Make-Up
Movie2004Against the RopesCostume DesignerCostume & Make-Up
Movie2027The Thomas Crown AffairCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie2010Frankie & AliceCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie2025The PickupCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
TV Show1989SeinfeldCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
TV Show2014CosmosCostume DesignerCostume & Make-Up
TV Show2016RootsCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
TV Show2006ThiefCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up