Roger Ross Williams
Directing
Born: 1962-09-16 · Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roger Ross Williams, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
🎬 Movies (30)
How to Build a Library
2025
Executive Producer
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House
2025
Executive Producer
The Battle for Laikipia
2024
Executive Producer
Stone Mountain
2024
Executive Producer
Makayla's Voice: A Letter to the World
2024
Executive Producer
Stamped from the Beginning
2023
Director
Through Sunless Ways
2023
Executive Producer
Love to Love You, Donna Summer
2023
Director
TLC Forever
2023
Executive Producer's Assistant
Cassandro
2023
Director
Civil: Ben Crump
2022
Producer
Magic Ring
2022
Executive Producer
Master of Light
2022
Producer
Ranger
2021
Producer
Between the World and Me
2020
Executive Producer
Jaiquan's Sketch
2019
Director
The Apollo
2019
Director
After Maria
2019
Executive Producer
The Remix: Hip Hop x Fashion
2019
Executive Producer
Traveling While Black
2019
Director
The Rachel Divide
2018
Executive Producer
American Jail
2018
Director
Take Back the Harbor
2018
Director
Life, Animated
2016
Director
Land of the Lost Sidekicks
2016
Director
Blackface
2015
Self
Blackface
2015
Director
Gospel of Intolerance
2015
Director
Tutu: The Essence of Being Human
2014
Director
God Loves Uganda
2013
Director
📺 TV Shows (15)
The 1619 Project
2023
Director
The Super Models
2023
Director
Savior Complex
2023
Executive Producer
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
2021
Director
One Story Up
2020
Director
The Innocence Files
2020
Director
Dogs
2018
Director
The New Yorker Presents
2016
Director
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
Self
Undercover Boss
2010
Director
Made in Hollywood
2005
Self
Sheila Bridges: Designer Living
2002
Director
Life 360
2002
Producer
Independent Lens
1999
Director
Storyville
1997
Director