Roger Ross Williams

Roger Ross Williams

Known for
Directing
Born
September 16, 1962 (age 64)
Birthplace
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.

Known For

Filmography

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Strange Arrivals

Strange Arrivals

Movie · Director

2023
Love to Love You, Donna Summer poster

Love to Love You, Donna Summer

Movie · Director

2023
Stamped from the Beginning poster

Stamped from the Beginning

Movie · Director

2023
Cassandro poster

Cassandro

Movie · Director

2023
The 1619 Project poster

The 1619 Project

TV · Director · 2 eps

2023
The Super Models poster

The Super Models

TV · Director · 4 eps

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

High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America

TV · Director · 3 eps

2020
The Innocence Files poster

The Innocence Files

TV · Director · 3 eps

2020
One Story Up poster

One Story Up

TV · Director · 1 ep

2019
Jaiquan's Sketch

Jaiquan's Sketch

Movie · Director

2019
The Apollo poster

The Apollo

Movie · Director

2019
Traveling While Black poster

Traveling While Black

Movie · Director

2018
American Jail poster

American Jail

Movie · Director

2018
Take Back the Harbor poster

Take Back the Harbor

Movie · Director

2018
Dogs poster

Dogs

TV · Director · 1 ep

2016
Life, Animated poster

Life, Animated

Movie · Director

2016
Land of the Lost Sidekicks poster

Land of the Lost Sidekicks

Movie · Director

2016
The New Yorker Presents poster

The New Yorker Presents

TV · Director · 1 ep

2015
Blackface

Blackface

Movie · Director

2015
Gospel of Intolerance

Gospel of Intolerance

Movie · Director

2014
Tutu: The Essence of Being Human

Tutu: The Essence of Being Human

Movie · Director

2013
God Loves Uganda poster

God Loves Uganda

Movie · Director

2010
Music by Prudence poster

Music by Prudence

Movie · Director

2010
Undercover Boss poster

Undercover Boss

TV · Director · 23 eps

2006
Amazing Families

Amazing Families

Movie · Director

2004
Moroccan Style

Moroccan Style

Movie · Director

2003
Boys Will Be Girls poster

Boys Will Be Girls

Movie · Director

2003
First Off The Tee

First Off The Tee

Movie · Director

2003
Power, Privilege & Justice

Power, Privilege & Justice

Movie · Director

2003
The Lives They Lived

The Lives They Lived

Movie · Director

2003
New York Underground poster

New York Underground

Movie · Director

2002
Secret Son

Secret Son

Movie · Director

2002
Sheila Bridges: Designer Living

Sheila Bridges: Designer Living

TV · Director · 2 eps

2001
Challenge America With Erin Brockovich

Challenge America With Erin Brockovich

Movie · Director

2001
Time

Time

Movie · Director

2000
Reagan: A Life In Pictures

Reagan: A Life In Pictures

Movie · Director

1999
Independent Lens poster

Independent Lens

TV · Director · 1 ep

1997
Discovered at Sundance

Discovered at Sundance

Movie · Director

1997
Storyville poster

Storyville

TV · Director · 1 ep