- Known For
- Costume & Make-Up
- Born
- April 10, 1960
- Place of Birth
- Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
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),…
Filmography
The Thomas Crown Affair
movieThe Thomas Crown Affair
2027 · Costume Design
movieThe Pickup
2025 · Costume Design
movieSinners
2025 · Costume Design
movieMarvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2023 · Self
movieBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022 · Costume Design
movie20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
2022 · Self
movieComing 2 America
2021 · Costume Design
movieDolemite Is My Name
2019 · Costume Designer
tvTamron Hall
2019 · Self - Guest
movieAbove Suspicion
2019 · Costume Design
tvBlack Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
2018 · Self
movieBlack Panther
2018 · Costume Design
movieMarshall
2017 · Costume Design
movieKidnap
2017 · Costume Designer
tvAbstract: The Art of Design
2017 · Self
movieKeeping Up with the Joneses
2016 · Costume Design
tvTo Tell the Truth
2016 · Self - Costume Designer for Black Panther
tvRoots
2016 · Costume Design
movieChi-Raq
2015 · Costume Design
movieDa Sweet Blood of Jesus
2015 · Costume Design
movieSelma
2014 · Costume Design
movieThe Best of Me
2014 · Costume Design
tvCosmos
2014 · Costume Designer
movieOldboy
2013 · Costume Design
movieThe Butler
2013 · Costume Design
movieTeen Beach Movie
2013 · Costume Design
movieSparkle
2012 · Costume Design
movieAbduction
2011 · Costume Designer
movieFrankie & Alice
2010 · Costume Design
movieBlack Dynamite
2009 · Costume Design
movieBring It On: Fight to the Finish
2009 · Costume Designer
movieImagine That
2009 · Costume Design
movieSpread
2009 · Costume Design
movieEdith Head: Dressing the Master's Movies
2008 · Self
movieMeet Dave
2008 · Costume Design
tvThief
2006 · Costume Design
movieSerenity
2005 · Costume Design
movieFour Brothers
2005 · Costume Design
movieBy Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
2005 · Self
movieAgainst the Ropes
2004 · Costume Designer
movieDaddy Day Care
2003 · Costume Design
movieI Spy
2002 · Costume Design
movieBaby Boy
2001 · Costume Design
movieDr. Dolittle 2
2001 · Costume Design
movieBamboozled
2000 · Costume Design
movieShaft
2000 · Costume Design
movieLove & Basketball
2000 · Costume Design
movieSummer of Sam
1999 · Costume Design
movieHow Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998 · Costume Design
movieAmistad
1997 · Costume Design
tvThe View
1997 · Self
movieB.A.P.S
1997 · Costume Design
movieRosewood
1997 · Costume Design
movieThe Great White Hype
1996 · Costume Design
movieMoney Train
1995 · Costume Design
movieClockers
1995 · Costume Design
movieCobb
1994 · Costume Designer
movieCrooklyn
1994 · Costume Design
movieSurviving the Game
1994 · Costume Design
movieThe Meteor Man
1993 · Costume Design
movieWhat's Love Got to Do with It
1993 · Costume Design
movieMalcolm X
1992 · Costume Design
movieHouse Party 2
1991 · Costume Designer
movieJungle Fever
1991 · Costume Design
movieThe Five Heartbeats
1991 · Costume Design
movieMo' Better Blues
1990 · Costume Design
movieSpike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
1990 · Costume Designer
tvSeinfeld
1989 · Costume Design
movieDo the Right Thing
1989 · Costume Design
movieI'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1988 · Costume Design
movieSchool Daze
1988 · Costume Designer
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self
Untitled Hannibal Film
movieUntitled Hannibal Film
— · Costume Design