Ruth E. Carter

Personal Info

Known For Costume & Make-Up

Gender Female

Birthday 1960-04-10 (64 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.

Known For

Costume & Make-Up

2025
Blade

as Costume Design

2022
2021
Coming 2 America

as Costume Design

2019
Above Suspicion

as Costume Design

2019
Dolemite Is My Name

as Costume Designer

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
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus

as Costume Design

2015
Chi-Raq

as Costume Design

2014
Selma

as Costume Design

2014
The Best of Me

as Costume Design

2014
Cosmos

as Costume Designer

2013
The Butler

as Costume Design

2013
Oldboy

as Costume Design

2013
Teen Beach Movie

as Costume Design

2012
Sparkle

as Costume Design

2011
Abduction

as Costume Designer

2009
Spread

as Costume Design

2009
Black Dynamite

as Costume Design

2009
Imagine That

as Costume Design

2009
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 Design

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
Love & Basketball

as Costume Design

2000
Bamboozled

as Costume Design

2000
Shaft

as Costume Design

1999
Summer of Sam

as Costume Design

1998
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
Crooklyn

as Costume Design

1994
Cobb

as Costume Designer

1994
Surviving the Game

as Costume Design

1993
The Meteor Man

as Costume Design

1993
1992
Malcolm X

as Costume Design

1991
Jungle Fever

as Costume Design

1991
House Party 2

as Costume Design

1991
The Five Heartbeats

as Costume Design

1990
Mo' Better Blues

as Costume Design

1989
Do the Right Thing

as Costume Design

1989
Seinfeld

as Costume Design

1988
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

as Costume Design

1988
School Daze

as Costume Designer