Roger Ross Williams
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1962-09-16 (62 years old)
Place of Birth
Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
Roger Ross Williams
Biography
Roger Ross Williams (born September 16, 1962) is an American director, producer and writer and the first African American director to win an Academy Award (Oscar), with his short film Music by Prudence; this film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film in 2009.
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Known For
Acting
(2015)
Blackface
as Self
Crew
The Empire of Ebony
Producer
Strange Arrivals
Director, Executive Producer
(2025)
How to Build a Library
Executive Producer
(2025)
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House
Executive Producer
(2024)
The Battle for Laikipia
Executive Producer
(2024)
Stone Mountain
Executive Producer
(2024)
Makayla's Voice: A Letter to the World
Executive Producer
(2023)
Stamped from the Beginning
Producer, Director
(2023)
Through Sunless Ways
Executive Producer
(2023)
Love to Love You, Donna Summer
Director, Producer
(2023)
TLC Forever
Executive Producer's Assistant
(2023)
Cassandro
Screenplay, Director
(2022)
Civil: Ben Crump
Producer
(2022)
Magic Ring
Executive Producer
(2022)
Master of Light
Producer
(2021)
Ranger
Producer
(2020)
Between the World and Me
Executive Producer
(2019)
Jaiquan's Sketch
Director
(2019)
The Apollo
Writer, Director, Co-Producer
(2019)
After Maria
Executive Producer
(2019)
The Remix: Hip Hop x Fashion
Executive Producer
(2019)
Traveling While Black
Director
(2018)
The Rachel Divide
Executive Producer
(2018)
American Jail
Producer, Director, Screenplay
(2018)
Take Back the Harbor
Director
(2016)
Life, Animated
Director, Producer
(2016)
Land of the Lost Sidekicks
Director
(2015)
Blackface
Director
(2015)
Gospel of Intolerance
Director
(2014)
Tutu: The Essence of Being Human
Director, Producer
(2013)
God Loves Uganda
Writer, Director, Producer
(2010)
Music by Prudence
Producer, Director
(2007)
Alone No Love
Producer
(2006)
Amazing Families
Director, Producer, Writer
(2004)
Moroccan Style
Producer, Writer, Director
(2003)
First Off The Tee
Producer, Writer, Director
(2003)
Boys Will Be Girls
Director
(2003)
The Lives They Lived
Producer, Writer, Director
(2003)
Power, Privilege & Justice
Producer, Director, Writer
(2003)
New York Underground
Writer, Director, Producer
(2002)
Secret Son
Producer, Director
(2001)
Time
Director, Producer
(2001)
(2000)
Reagan: A Life In Pictures
Writer, Director, Producer
(1997)
Discovered at Sundance
Director, Producer
(1996)
Sex, Drugs and Consequences
Producer
(1995)
People Yearbook '95
Producer