Boots Riley

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Directing

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)
• The Last Critic (2026)
• Fremont (2023)
• I'm Charlie Walker (2022)
• When I See Them, I See Us (2021)
• Sorry to Bother You (2018)
• Rope a Dope 2 (2015)
• 99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film (2013)
• First Earth: Uncompromising Ecological Architecture (2009)
• In Prison My Whole Life (2008)
• The Coup: The Best Coup DVD Ever (2006)
• Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme (2000)
• Mr. Burns
• Aliens in Eritea