Boots Riley
Directing1971 (55)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.
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18- 2026I Love BoostersMovieDirector · Writer · Producer
2026The Last CriticMovie
2024Hollywood BlackTV showas Self · 4 episodes
2023FremontMovieas Restaurant Patron (uncredited)- 2023I'm a VirgoTV showExecutive Producer · Writer · Director · Creator · 7 episodes
2022I'm Charlie WalkerMovieas Bartender Ray
2021When I See Them, I See UsMovie- 2018Sorry to Bother YouMovieDirector · Original Music Composer · Writer
2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterTV showas Self · 1 episodes
2015Rope a Dope 2Movieas Mayor
201399%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative FilmMovieas Self- 2009First Earth: Uncompromising Ecological ArchitectureMovie
2008In Prison My Whole LifeMovieas Self- 2006The Coup: The Best Coup DVD EverMovieas Self · Director
2000Freestyle: The Art of RhymeMovieas Himself
1996The Daily ShowTV showas Self - Guest · 1 episodes- —Aliens in EriteaMovieProducer
- —Mr. BurnsMovieDirector · Writer