Roger Ross Williams
Directing·September 16, 1962 — 63 years old·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 film Music by Prudence; this film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film in 2009.
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Known For
Life, Animated
2016·7.4
Cassandro
2023·6.7
The Rachel Divide
2018·6.2
Undercover Boss
2010·5.7
The Innocence Files
2020·7.4
Dogs
2018·7.4
Stamped from the Beginning
2023·6.6
The 1619 Project
2023·4.9
After Maria
2019·5.5
Love to Love You, Donna Summer
2023·7.1
The Apollo
2019·6.4
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015·6.2
Filmography · 63
—The Empire of EbonyProducer—Strange ArrivalsDirector · Executive Producer2025How to Build a LibraryExecutive Producer2025Move Ya Body: The Birth of HouseExecutive Producer2024The Battle for LaikipiaExecutive Producer2024Stone MountainExecutive Producer2024Makayla's Voice: A Letter to the WorldExecutive Producer2023Through Sunless WaysExecutive Producer2023Stamped from the BeginningProducer · Director · Executive Producer2023Savior ComplexTVExecutive Producer2023The Super ModelsTVExecutive Producer · Director · Creator2023CassandroScreenplay · Director2023TLC ForeverExecutive Producer's Assistant2023Love to Love You, Donna SummerDirector · Producer2023The 1619 ProjectTVExecutive Producer · Director2022Magic RingExecutive Producer2022Civil: Ben CrumpProducer2022Master of LightProducer2021RangerProducer2021High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed AmericaTVExecutive Producer · Director2020Between the World and MeExecutive Producer2020One Story UpTVHost · Director · Executive Producer2020The Innocence FilesTVExecutive Producer · Director · Creator2019The Remix: Hip Hop x FashionExecutive Producer2019Jaiquan's SketchDirector2019After MariaExecutive Producer2019The ApolloWriter · Director · Co-Producer2019Traveling While BlackDirector2018DogsTVDirector2018Take Back the HarborDirector2018American JailProducer · Director · Screenplay2018The Rachel DivideExecutive Producer2016Land of the Lost SidekicksDirector2016Life, AnimatedDirector · Producer2016The New Yorker PresentsTVDirector2015BlackfaceDirector2015BlackfaceSelf2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterTVSelf2015Gospel of IntoleranceDirector2014Tutu: The Essence of Being HumanDirector · Producer2013God Loves UgandaWriter · Director · Producer2010Music by PrudenceProducer · Director2010Undercover BossTVDirector2007Alone No LoveProducer2006Amazing FamiliesDirector · Producer · Writer2005Made in HollywoodTVSelf2004Moroccan StyleProducer · Writer · Director2003New York UndergroundWriter · Director · Producer2003First Off The TeeProducer · Writer · Director2003Power, Privilege & JusticeProducer · Director · Writer2003The Lives They LivedProducer · Writer · Director2003Boys Will Be GirlsDirector2002Secret SonProducer · Director2002Life 360TVProducer2002Sheila Bridges: Designer LivingTVDirector · Producer · Writer · Creator2001Challenge America With Erin BrockovichDirector2001TimeDirector · Producer2000Reagan: A Life In PicturesWriter · Director · Producer1999Independent LensTVDirector1997StoryvilleTVDirector1997Discovered at SundanceDirector · Producer1996Sex, Drugs and ConsequencesProducer1995People Yearbook '95Producer