Boots Riley
Directing
1971-04-01 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
Filmography
I Love Boosters
2026 · Movie
The Last Critic
2026 · Movie
Hollywood Black
2024 · Series
Fremont
2023 · Movie
I'm a Virgo
2023 · Series
I'm Charlie Walker
2022 · Movie
When I See Them, I See Us
2021 · Movie
Sorry to Bother You
2018 · Movie
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Series
Rope a Dope 2
2015 · Movie
99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film
2013 · Movie
First Earth: Uncompromising Ecological Architecture
2009 · Movie
In Prison My Whole Life
2008 · Movie
The Coup: The Best Coup DVD Ever
2006 · Movie
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
2000 · Movie
The Daily Show
1996 · Series
Mr. Burns
Movie
Aliens in Eritea
Movie