Roger Ross Williams

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Roger Ross Williams

Directing 64 September 16, 1962

Easton, Pennsylvania, USA

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…

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Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

6.2 2015 TV Show
Independent Lens

Independent Lens

6.6 1999 TV Show
POV

POV

6.9 1988 TV Show
Made in Hollywood

Made in Hollywood

4.6 2005 TV Show
Life, Animated

Life, Animated

7.4 2016 Movie
Cassandro

Cassandro

6.7 2023 Movie
Undercover Boss

Undercover Boss

5.7 2010 TV Show
Storyville

Storyville

7.6 1997 TV Show
The Super Models

The Super Models

6.8 2023 TV Show
The Rachel Divide

The Rachel Divide

6.2 2018 Movie
The Innocence Files

The Innocence Files

7.4 2020 TV Show
The 1619 Project

The 1619 Project

4.8 2023 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    How to Build a Library

    Movie Executive Producer

  2. 2025
    Move Ya Body: The Birth of House

    Movie Executive Producer

  3. 2024
    The Battle for Laikipia

    Movie Executive Producer

  4. 2024
    Stone Mountain

    Movie Executive Producer

  5. 2024
    Makayla's Voice: A Letter to the World

    Movie Executive Producer

  6. 2023
    Through Sunless Ways

    Movie Executive Producer

  7. 2023
    Stamped from the Beginning

    Movie Producer

  8. 2023
    Savior Complex

    TV show Executive Producer

  9. 2023
    The Super Models

    TV show Executive Producer

  10. 2023
    Cassandro

    Movie Screenplay

  11. 2023
    TLC Forever

    Movie Executive Producer's Assistant

  12. 2023
    Love to Love You, Donna Summer

    Movie Director

  13. 2023
    The 1619 Project

    TV show Executive Producer

  14. 2022
    Magic Ring

    Movie Executive Producer

  15. 2022
    Civil: Ben Crump

    Movie Producer

  16. 2022
    Master of Light

    Movie Producer

More credits
  1. 2021
    Ranger

    Movie Producer

  2. 2021
    High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America

    TV show Executive Producer

  3. 2020
    Between the World and Me

    Movie Executive Producer

  4. 2020
    One Story Up

    TV show Host

  5. 2020
    The Innocence Files

    TV show Executive Producer

  6. 2019
    The Remix: Hip Hop x Fashion

    Movie Executive Producer

  7. 2019
    Jaiquan's Sketch

    Movie Director

  8. 2019
    After Maria

    Movie Executive Producer

  9. 2019
    The Apollo

    Movie Writer

  10. 2019
    Traveling While Black

    Movie Director

  11. 2018
    Dogs

    TV show Director

  12. 2018
    Take Back the Harbor

    Movie Director

  13. 2018
    American Jail

    Movie Producer

  14. 2018
    The Rachel Divide

    Movie Executive Producer

  15. 2016
    Land of the Lost Sidekicks

    Movie Director

  16. 2016
    Life, Animated

    Movie Director

  17. 2016
    The New Yorker Presents

    TV show Director

  18. 2015
    Blackface

    Movie Director

  19. 2015
    Blackface

    Movie Self

  20. 2015
    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    TV show Self

  21. 2015
    Gospel of Intolerance

    Movie Director

  22. 2014
    Tutu: The Essence of Being Human

    Movie Director

  23. 2013
    God Loves Uganda

    Movie Writer

  24. 2010
    Music by Prudence

    Movie Producer