Ruth E. Carter Biography, Age, Career, Films and Creative

Ruth E. Carter Biography

Ruth E. Carter is an American costume designer for film and Television. Her works can be seen in several films. She is very skilled in creating the appearances of different characters. Over the years, she has earned three nominations to the Academy Awards for Best Costume Design for Malcolm X in 1992, Amistad in 1997 and Black Panther in 2018 and an Emmy nomination for ROOTS in 2016.

Over her near 30-year career, she has mastered the look of multiple periods and genres in envisioning the clothing and overall appearance of a character or performer.

Ruth E. Carter Age

She was born on the 10th of April, 1960. As of 2018, she is 58 years old.

Ruth E. Carter Career

She began her career as an intern in her hometown of Springfield, Massachusetts and at the Santa Fe Opera. She then moved to Los Angeles and began working at the Los Angeles Theater Center. Here she met director Spike Lee with whom she worked with, in a number of films including School Daze,  Do the Right Thing, Mo’ Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X, Oldboy, Da Sweet Blood of Jesus, and Chi-Raq.

Apart from Lee, she has worked with other directors like Steven Spielberg and dressed other actors, like Denzel Washington, and actresses, like Angela Basset. Her works can also be found in  What’s Love Got to Do with It, Serenity, Four Brothers, Sparkle, The Butler, and Selma. He most recent work is on the BET networks drama series Being Mary Jane and Marvel’s Black Panther.

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Ruth E. Carter Films

Year

Title

Director

2018

Black Panther

Ryan Coogler

2017

Kidnap

Luis Prieto

2015

Chi-Raq

Spike Lee

2014

Selma

Ava DuVernay

Da Sweet Blood of Jesus

Spike Lee

2013

Teen Beach Movie

Jeffrey Hornaday

Oldboy

Spike Lee

The Butler

Lee Daniels

2012

Sparkle

Salim Akil

2009

Spread

David Mackenzie

2005

Serenity

Joss Whedon

Four Brothers

John Singleton

2004

Against the Ropes

Charles S. Dutton

2003

Daddy Day Care

Steve Carr

2002

I Spy

Betty Thomas

2001

Baby Boy

John Singleton

Dr. Dolittle 2

Steve Carr

2000

Price of Glory

Carlos Ávila

Love & Basketball

Gina Prince-Bythewood

Shaft

John Singleton

Bamboozled

Spike Lee

1999

Summer of Sam

Spike Lee

1997

B*A*P*S

Robert Townsend

Rosewood

John Singleton

Amistad

Steven Spielberg

1996

The Great White Hype

Reginald Hudlin

1995

Money Train

Joseph Ruben

Clockers

Spike Lee

1993

Cobb

Ron Shelton

Crooklyn

Spike Lee

Surviving the Game

Ernest R. Dickerson

What’s Love Got to Do with It

Brian Gibson

1992

Malcolm X

Spike Lee

1991

House Party 2

Doug McHenry
George Jackson

Jungle Fever

Spike Lee

The Five Heartbeats

Robert Townsend

1990

Mo’ Better Blues

Spike Lee

1989

Do the Right Thing

Spike Lee

1988

School Daze

Spike Lee

I’m Gonna Git You Sucka

Keenen Ivory Wayans

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