Ruth E. Carter

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Known For

Costume & Make-Up

Known Credits

9

Gender

Female

Birthday

1960-04-10 (65 years old)

Place of Birth

Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

Also Known As

  • Ruth Carter
  • Ruthe Carter

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 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.

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Costume & Make-Up

Blade as Costume Design
Thomas Crown Affair as Costume Design
2025
Sinners as Costume Design
2022
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as Costume Design
2021
Coming 2 America as Costume Design
2019
Dolemite Is My Name as Costume Designer
2019
Above Suspicion as Costume Design
2018
Black Panther as Costume Design
2017
Marshall as Costume Design
2017
Kidnap as Costume Designer
2016
Keeping Up with the Joneses as Costume Design
2016
Roots as Costume Design
2015
Chi-Raq as Costume Design
2015
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus as Costume Design
2014
Selma as Costume Design
2014
The Best of Me as Costume Design
2014
Cosmos as Costume Designer
2013
Oldboy as Costume Design
2013
The Butler as Costume Design
2013
Teen Beach Movie as Costume Design
2012
Sparkle as Costume Design
2011
Abduction as Costume Designer
2009
Black Dynamite as Costume Design
2009
Bring It On: Fight to the Finish as Costume Designer
2009
Imagine That as Costume Design
2009
Spread as Costume Design
2008
Meet Dave as Costume Design
2006
Thief as Costume Design
2005
Serenity as Costume Design
2005
Four Brothers as Costume Design
2004
Against the Ropes as Costume Designer
2003
Daddy Day Care as Costume Design
2002
I Spy as Costume Design
2001
Baby Boy as Costume Design
2001
Dr. Dolittle 2 as Costume Design
2000
Bamboozled as Costume Design
2000
Shaft as Costume Design
2000
Love & Basketball as Costume Design
1999
Summer of Sam as Costume Design
1998
How Stella Got Her Groove Back as Costume Design
1997
Amistad as Costume Design
1997
B.A.P.S as Costume Design
1997
Rosewood as Costume Design
1996
The Great White Hype as Costume Design
1995
Money Train as Costume Design
1995
Clockers as Costume Design
1994
Cobb as Costume Designer
1994
Crooklyn as Costume Design
1994
Surviving the Game as Costume Design
1993
The Meteor Man as Costume Design
1993
What's Love Got to Do with It as Costume Design
1992
Malcolm X as Costume Design
1991
House Party 2 as Costume Designer
1991
Jungle Fever as Costume Design
1991
The Five Heartbeats as Costume Design
1990
Mo' Better Blues as Costume Design
1990
Spike Lee & Company: Do It a Cappella as Costume Designer
1989
Seinfeld as Costume Design
1989
Do the Right Thing as Costume Design
1988
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka as Costume Design
1988
School Daze as Costume Designer
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