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.
5 directing credits · 13 acting credits
Directing · 5
Acting · 13
The Daily Show
1996
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
Hollywood Black
2024
The Last Critic
2026
In Prison My Whole Life
2008
Fremont
2023
I'm Charlie Walker
2022
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
2000
99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film
2013
First Earth: Uncompromising Ecological Architecture
2009
Rope a Dope 2
2015
The Coup: The Best Coup DVD Ever
2006
When I See Them, I See Us
2021