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Boots Riley

Directing

  • Born
  • April 1, 1971
  • Place of birth
  • Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

Raymond Lawrence 'Boots' Riley (born April 1, 1971) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, rapper, and communist activist. He is the lead vocalist of The Coup and Street Sweeper Social Club. He made his feature-film directorial debut with Sorry to Bother You (released July 2018), which he also wrote. In 2023, the streaming series I'm a Virgo premiered on Prime Video, which Riley wrote and directed.

As actor 13

The Daily Show poster
The Daily Show
1996
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter poster
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
Hollywood Black poster
Hollywood Black
2024
The Last Critic poster
The Last Critic
2026
I'm Charlie Walker poster
I'm Charlie Walker
2022
Fremont poster
Fremont
2023
When I See Them, I See Us poster
When I See Them, I See Us
2021
99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film poster
99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film
2013
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme poster
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
2000
In Prison My Whole Life poster
In Prison My Whole Life
2008
First Earth: Uncompromising Ecological Architecture
2009
Rope a Dope 2 poster
Rope a Dope 2
2015
The Coup: The Best Coup DVD Ever poster
The Coup: The Best Coup DVD Ever
2006

On the crew 6

I Love Boosters poster
I Love Boosters
2026
I'm a Virgo poster
I'm a Virgo
2023
Sorry to Bother You poster
Sorry to Bother You
2018
Mr. Burns poster
Mr. Burns
Aliens in Eritea poster
Aliens in Eritea
The Coup: The Best Coup DVD Ever poster
The Coup: The Best Coup DVD Ever
2006