Ruth E. Carter Biography

Ruth E. Carter is a costume designer for film and television with over 40 films to her credit. Carter has mastered the look of multiple periods and genres in envisioning the clothing and overall appearance of a character or performer. She won the Academy Award in that category for Black Panther (2018) becoming the first African-American to win in Best Costume Design. She moved to Los Angeles in 1986. While working at the Los Angeles Theater Center Carter met director Spike Lee who hired her for his second film School Daze and with whom she worked on a number of films thereafter including Do the Right Thing Mo' Better Blues Jungle Fever and Malcolm X. In addition to designing costumes for the films of Spike Lee Carter has worked with legendary directors such as Steven Spielberg and John Singleton and has dressed actors from Denzel Washington to Josh Brolin and actresses from Angela Bassett to Jane Fonda.

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