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
- How to Build a Library ... (Executive Producer)
- Move Ya Body: The Birth of House ... (Executive Producer)
2024
- Stone Mountain ... (Executive Producer)
- Makayla's Voice: A Letter to the World ... (Executive Producer)
- The Battle for Laikipia ... (Executive Producer)
2023
- Cassandro ... (Director)
- Love to Love You, Donna Summer ... (Director)
- The Super Models ... (Executive Producer)
- The 1619 Project ... (Director)
- Stamped from the Beginning ... (Producer)
- TLC Forever ... (Executive Producer's Assistant)
- Savior Complex ... (Executive Producer)
- Through Sunless Ways ... (Executive Producer)
2022
- Civil: Ben Crump ... (Producer)
- Master of Light ... (Producer)
- Magic Ring ... (Executive Producer)
2021
- High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America ... (Executive Producer)
- Ranger ... (Producer)
2020
- Between the World and Me ... (Executive Producer)
- The Innocence Files ... (Executive Producer)
- One Story Up as Host
2019
- The Apollo ... (Co-Producer)
- The Remix: Hip Hop x Fashion ... (Executive Producer)
- After Maria ... (Executive Producer)
- Traveling While Black ... (Director)
- Jaiquan's Sketch ... (Director)
2018
- American Jail ... (Producer)
- Take Back the Harbor ... (Director)
- Dogs ... (Director)
- The Rachel Divide ... (Executive Producer)
2016
- Life, Animated ... (Director)
- The New Yorker Presents ... (Director)
- Land of the Lost Sidekicks ... (Director)
2015
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- Gospel of Intolerance ... (Director)
- Blackface as Self
- Blackface ... (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
- New York Underground ... (Writer)
- Boys Will Be Girls ... (Director)
- The Lives They Lived ... (Producer)
- First Off The Tee ... (Director)
- Power, Privilege & Justice ... (Producer)
2002
- Sheila Bridges: Designer Living ... (Director)
- Life 360 ... (Producer)
- Secret Son ... (Director)
2001
- Time ... (Producer)
- 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)