Boots Riley
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1 April 1971 (55 years old)
Place of birthChicago, Illinois, USA
Known credits18
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.
I Love Boosters
2026 · Director
I Love Boosters
2026 · Writer
I Love Boosters
2026 · Producer
The Last Critic
2026
Hollywood Black
2024 · Self
Fremont
2023 · Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
I'm a Virgo
2023 · Writer
I'm a Virgo
2023 · Director
I'm a Virgo
2023 · Executive Producer
I'm a Virgo
2023 · Creator
I'm Charlie Walker
2022 · Bartender Ray
When I See Them, I See Us
2021
Sorry to Bother You
2018 · Director
Sorry to Bother You
2018 · Original Music Composer
Sorry to Bother You
2018 · Writer
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Self
Rope a Dope 2
2015 · Mayor
99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film
2013 · Self
First Earth: Uncompromising Ecological Architecture
2009
In Prison My Whole Life
2008 · Self
The Coup: The Best Coup DVD Ever
2006 · Self
The Coup: The Best Coup DVD Ever
2006 · Director
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
2000 · Himself
The Daily Show
1996 · Self - Guest
Aliens in Eritea
Producer
Mr. Burns
Director
Mr. Burns
Writer
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