Joe Robert Cole

Joe Robert Cole (born January 1, 1980) is an American filmmaker and actor. He is best known for his Emmy Award-nominated and Writers Guild of America Award-winning work on the first season of the true crime anthology television series American Crime Story, titled The People v. O. J. Simpson, and for co-writing the film Black Panther and its sequel, Wakanda Forever.

Cole, an only child, moved around a lot growing up, which he felt "prepared" him to be a writer, a desire he only discovered during college. He soon applied to the University of California, Berkeley. During his tenure at the university, Cole entered the film business, working as a writer on the 2006 film ATL, although not receiving a credit. In 2011, he released his first feature film as a director and writer, Amber Lake.

After writing a "Chinatown-style cop script," Cole was invited to a meeting with Marvel Studios, where he was told that they had plans of doing a movie about the character War Machine. He pitched a story and was chosen to write the film, but, according to him, "They decided, based on what Iron Man 3 was going to be, they weren't going to do War Machine anymore.

" Marvel subsequently invited him to join its writers program. In regards to the program, Cole said: The way it works—and I'm only speaking for myself here—is they give you an office and a character. You read all the comics with that character, and then you come up with a story you see for that character. You present it, get notes, and if everything moves along, you're greenlit to write the script.

In 2014, Cole wrote a script for a projected movie about the Inhumans. In 2016, the television series American Crime Story was released. Cole served as co-producer of the first season, The People v. O. J. Simpson, and wrote two episodes, "The Race Card" (for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or a Dramatic Special) and "A Jury in Jail.

" While working on The People v. O. J. Simpson, Cole was approached by Marvel Studios' producer Nate Moore, wanting to know if he was willing to write a film about Black Panther. He immediately accepted. Cole was part of a competition but was ultimately chosen to write the screenplay with director Ryan Coogler. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joe Robert Cole, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.