Ruth E. Carter

Personal Info

Know For

Costume & Make-Up

Gender

Female

Birthday

1960-04-10 (65 years old)

Place of Birth

Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

Ruth E. Carter

Biography

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 hist...

Production

1991

Jungle Fever

as Costume Design

1989

Do the Right Thing

as Costume Design

2008

Meet Dave

as Costume Design

2019

Above Suspicion

as Costume Design

2002

I Spy

as Costume Design

2012

Sparkle

as Costume Design

1998

2009

Spread

as Costume Design

2013

The Butler

as Costume Design

2014

Selma

as Costume Design

2005

Serenity

as Costume Design

2015

Da Sweet Blood of Jesus

as Costume Design

2009

Black Dynamite

as Costume Design

2001

Baby Boy

as Costume Design

2009

Imagine That

as Costume Design

2022

1999

Summer of Sam

as Costume Design

1992

Malcolm X

as Costume Design

2000

Love & Basketball

as Costume Design

1997

Amistad

as Costume Design

1995

Money Train

as Costume Design

2011

Abduction

as Costume Designer

2009

1997

B.A.P.S

as Costume Design

2018

Black Panther

as Costume Design

2005

Four Brothers

as Costume Design

2017

Marshall

as Costume Design

2015

Chi-Raq

as Costume Design

2013

Oldboy

as Costume Design

2016

2001

Dr. Dolittle 2

as Costume Design

2003

Daddy Day Care

as Costume Design

1991

The Five Heartbeats

as Costume Design

1996

The Great White Hype

as Costume Design

1997

Rosewood

as Costume Design

2013

Teen Beach Movie

as Costume Design

1995

Clockers

as Costume Design

2017

Kidnap

as Costume Designer

1988

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

as Costume Design

1994

Crooklyn

as Costume Design

1993

The Meteor Man

as Costume Design

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Blade

as Costume Design

1994

Cobb

as Costume Designer

1988

School Daze

as Costume Designer

2000

Bamboozled

as Costume Design

2019

Dolemite Is My Name

as Costume Designer

2000

Shaft

as Costume Design

1994

Surviving the Game

as Costume Design

2014

The Best of Me

as Costume Design

1990

Mo' Better Blues

as Costume Design

1993

2021

Coming 2 America

as Costume Design

2025

Sinners

as Costume Design

1991

House Party 2

as Costume Designer

2004

Against the Ropes

as Costume Designer

2027

The Thomas Crown Affair

as Costume Design

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