Zinzi Coogler
Producer · Born April 18, 1985 (41) · Oakland, California, USA
Oscar nominee · BAFTA Award nominee · 2 other major award bodies
Zinzi Coogler is an American producer. She produced Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), Creed III (2023), and Sinners (2025). She co-founded Proximity Media in 2021 with her husband, filmmaker Ryan Coogler, and producer Sev Ohanian. She met Coogler as a teenager, and the couple began dating during their undergraduate years, later marrying in May 2016. Their long-standing personal partnership grew into a professional collaboration, with Zinzi supporting early creative efforts and later assuming formal producing roles on projects. Early in Ryan Coogler's career, she supported his ambitions by helping him acquire industry tools such as screenwriting software while he was a student. Through Proximity Media, Zinzi Coogler has helped shepherd projects that blend cultural impact with mainstream appeal. The company's production slate includes the six Academy Award-nominated Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) and the hybrid genre film Sinners (2025). In addition to her producing work, she is also an American Sign Language interpreter. She was a nominee at the 2026 Independent Spirit Awards in the category Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series for Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time (2025), sharing the nomination with collaborators Jonathan Chinn, Simon Chinn, Ryan Coogler, Myles Estey, Ted Skillman, Sev Ohanian, Peter Nicks, Kalia King, Carolyn Payne, Sean David Johnson, and Kelli Buchanan.
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Biography from TMDB.
- April 18, 1985 (41)
- Oakland, California, USA
- Producer
- 11 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all
What are Zinzi Coogler's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Society.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 0 · Dark 2
A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1
A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 0 · Intense 2
Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
A split, not a type: Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 1
A split, not a type: Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 2
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet5
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Zinzi Coogler's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Zinzi Coogler's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
14 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Eyes of Wakanda(2025)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Ironheart(2025)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows
Sinners(2025)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Anthem(2023)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Creed III(2023)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Space Jam: A New Legacy(2021)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Locks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Doppelgänger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Untitled Sundance Institute Project (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 14 titles, 12 of them dated from 2009 to 2025.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
4 major nominations and no wins, 2026.
- Oscar, nominated · Best Motion Picture of the Year
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Film
+2 other major bodies · 2 nominations
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
- Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Zinzi Coogler's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 76th percentile, the median of all 7; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 84th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th1
- Below 25th5
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 11 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Divisive2
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Mixed3
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Zinzi Coogler's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Zinzi Coogler work with?
People who share at least 2 of Zinzi Coogler's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ryan Coogler shares the most, 8.
Directors
- Peter NicksShared titles: Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time (2025), Anthem (2023), Stephen Curry: Underrated (2023), Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever (2023)See all 4 shared titles with Peter Nicks
Writers
- Ryan CooglerShared titles: Eyes of Wakanda (2025), Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time (2025), Ironheart (2025), Sinners (2025), Anthem (2023), Creed III (2023), Stephen Curry: Underrated (2023), Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever (2023)See all 8 shared titles with Ryan Coogler
Actors
- Michael B. JordanShared titles: Sinners (2025), Creed III (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Michael B. Jordan
Cinematographers
- Sean HaveyShared titles: Anthem (2023), Stephen Curry: Underrated (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Sean Havey
Producers
- Sev OhanianShared titles: Eyes of Wakanda (2025), Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time (2025), Ironheart (2025), Sinners (2025), Anthem (2023), Creed III (2023), Stephen Curry: Underrated (2023), Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever (2023)See all 8 shared titles with Sev Ohanian
- Kevin FeigeShared titles: Eyes of Wakanda (2025), Ironheart (2025), Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever (2023)See all 3 shared titles with Kevin Feige
- Louis D'EspositoShared titles: Eyes of Wakanda (2025), Ironheart (2025), Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever (2023)See all 3 shared titles with Louis D'Esposito
- Brad WinderbaumShared titles: Eyes of Wakanda (2025), Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Brad Winderbaum
