Biography
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…
