Boots Riley
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.
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Films (14)
I Love Boosters
2026 · Director, Writer, Producer
The Last Critic
2026
Fremont
2023 · Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
I'm Charlie Walker
2022 · Bartender Ray
When I See Them, I See Us
2021
Perdón por molestarte
2018 · Director, Original Music Composer, Writer
Rope a Dope 2
2015 · Mayor
99% : The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film
2013 · Self
First Earth: Uncompromising Ecological Architecture
2009
Toute ma vie (en prison)
2008 · Self
The Coup: The Best Coup DVD Ever
2006 · Self, Director
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
2000 · Himself
Aliens in Eritea
· Producer
Mr. Burns
· Director, Writer
