Roger Ross Williams

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Roger Ross Williams

Born September 16, 1962Easton, Pennsylvania, USA54 credits

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

How to Build a Library
9.0

How to Build a Library

Movie

2025

Move Ya Body: The Birth of House
6.0

Move Ya Body: The Birth of House

Movie

2025

The Battle for Laikipia

The Battle for Laikipia

Movie

2024

Stone Mountain

Stone Mountain

Movie

2024

Makayla's Voice: A Letter to the World
7.0

Makayla's Voice: A Letter to the World

Movie

2024

Through Sunless Ways

Through Sunless Ways

Movie

2023

Filmography

How to Build a Library
2025How to Build a LibraryExecutive ProducerMovie
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House
2025Move Ya Body: The Birth of HouseExecutive ProducerMovie
The Battle for Laikipia
2024The Battle for LaikipiaExecutive ProducerMovie
Stone Mountain
2024Stone MountainExecutive ProducerMovie
Makayla's Voice: A Letter to the World
2024Makayla's Voice: A Letter to the WorldExecutive ProducerMovie
Through Sunless Ways
2023Through Sunless WaysExecutive ProducerMovie
Stamped from the Beginning
2023Stamped from the BeginningDirectorMovie
Savior Complex
2023Savior ComplexExecutive ProducerTV
The Super Models
2023The Super ModelsExecutive ProducerTV
Cassandro
2023CassandroDirectorMovie
Love to Love You, Donna Summer
2023Love to Love You, Donna SummerDirectorMovie
The 1619 Project
2023The 1619 ProjectDirectorTV
Magic Ring
2022Magic RingExecutive ProducerMovie
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
2021High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed AmericaExecutive ProducerTV
Between the World and Me
2020Between the World and MeExecutive ProducerMovie
One Story Up
2020One Story Upas HostTV
The Innocence Files
2020The Innocence FilesExecutive ProducerTV
The Remix: Hip Hop x Fashion
2019The Remix: Hip Hop x FashionExecutive ProducerMovie
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2019Jaiquan's SketchDirectorMovie
After Maria
2019After MariaExecutive ProducerMovie
The Apollo
2019The ApolloWriterMovie
Traveling While Black
2019Traveling While BlackDirectorMovie
Dogs
2018DogsDirectorTV
Take Back the Harbor
2018Take Back the HarborDirectorMovie
American Jail
2018American JailDirectorMovie
The Rachel Divide
2018The Rachel DivideExecutive ProducerMovie
Land of the Lost Sidekicks
2016Land of the Lost SidekicksDirectorMovie
Life, Animated
2016Life, AnimatedDirectorMovie
The New Yorker Presents
2016The New Yorker PresentsDirectorTV
B
2015BlackfaceDirectorMovie
Blackface
2015Blackfaceas SelfMovie
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015Close Up with The Hollywood Reporteras SelfTV
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2015Gospel of IntoleranceDirectorMovie
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2014Tutu: The Essence of Being HumanDirectorMovie
God Loves Uganda
2013God Loves UgandaDirectorMovie
Music by Prudence
2010Music by PrudenceDirectorMovie
Undercover Boss
2010Undercover BossDirectorTV
A
2006Amazing FamiliesDirectorMovie
Made in Hollywood
2005Made in Hollywoodas SelfTV
M
2004Moroccan StyleDirectorMovie
New York Underground
2003New York UndergroundWriterMovie
F
2003First Off The TeeDirectorMovie
P
2003Power, Privilege & JusticeWriterMovie
T
2003The Lives They LivedWriterMovie
Boys Will Be Girls
2003Boys Will Be GirlsDirectorMovie
S
2002Secret SonDirectorMovie
S
2002Sheila Bridges: Designer LivingDirectorTV
C
2001Challenge America With Erin BrockovichDirectorMovie
T
2001TimeDirectorMovie
R
2000Reagan: A Life In PicturesDirectorMovie
Independent Lens
1999Independent LensDirectorTV
Storyville
1997StoryvilleDirectorTV
D
1997Discovered at SundanceDirectorMovie
S
—Strange ArrivalsDirectorMovie