Roger Ross Williams
Born: 1962-09-16 in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2025
- Move Ya Body: The Birth of House ... (Executive Producer)
- How to Build a Library ... (Executive Producer)
2024
- Stone Mountain ... (Executive Producer)
- Makayla's Voice: A Letter to the World ... (Executive Producer)
- The Battle for Laikipia ... (Executive Producer)
2023
- The Super Models ... (Executive Producer)
- Savior Complex ... (Executive Producer)
- Cassandro ... (Director)
- The 1619 Project ... (Executive Producer)
- TLC Forever ... (Executive Producer's Assistant)
- Stamped from the Beginning ... (Producer)
- Love to Love You, Donna Summer ... (Director)
- Through Sunless Ways ... (Executive Producer)
2022
- Magic Ring ... (Executive Producer)
- Civil: Ben Crump ... (Producer)
- Master of Light ... (Producer)
2021
- High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America ... (Executive Producer)
- Ranger ... (Producer)
2020
- The Innocence Files ... (Executive Producer)
- Between the World and Me ... (Executive Producer)
- One Story Up as Host
2019
- The Apollo ... (Director)
- The Remix: Hip Hop x Fashion ... (Executive Producer)
- Traveling While Black ... (Director)
- After Maria ... (Executive Producer)
- Jaiquan's Sketch ... (Director)
2018
- Dogs ... (Director)
- American Jail ... (Director)
- The Rachel Divide ... (Executive Producer)
- Take Back the Harbor ... (Director)
2016
- The New Yorker Presents ... (Director)
- Life, Animated ... (Director)
- Land of the Lost Sidekicks ... (Director)
2015
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- Blackface as Self
- Blackface ... (Director)
- Gospel of Intolerance ... (Director)
2014
- Tutu: The Essence of Being Human ... (Director)
2013
- God Loves Uganda ... (Director)
2010
- Undercover Boss ... (Director)
- Music by Prudence ... (Producer)
2007
- Alone No Love ... (Producer)
2006
- Amazing Families ... (Director)
2005
- Made in Hollywood as Self
2004
- Moroccan Style ... (Director)
2003
- Boys Will Be Girls ... (Director)
- First Off The Tee ... (Director)
- The Lives They Lived ... (Producer)
- New York Underground ... (Director)
- Power, Privilege & Justice ... (Director)
2002
- Life 360 ... (Producer)
- Sheila Bridges: Designer Living ... (Director)
- Secret Son ... (Director)
2001
- Time ... (Director)
- Challenge America With Erin Brockovich ... (Director)
2000
- Reagan: A Life In Pictures ... (Director)
1999
- Independent Lens ... (Director)
1997
- Storyville ... (Director)
- Discovered at Sundance ... (Director)
1996
- Sex, Drugs and Consequences ... (Producer)
1995
- People Yearbook '95 ... (Producer)