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.
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Filmography
all 62
Movies 47
Producer 44
TV Shows 15
Director 15
self 3
Executive Producer

Move Ya Body: The Birth of House (2025)
Movie
Executive Producer

How to Build a Library (2025)
Movie
Executive Producer

The Battle for Laikipia (2024)
Movie
Executive Producer

Stone Mountain (2024)
Movie
Executive Producer

Makayla's Voice: A Letter to the World (2024)
Movie
Executive Producer

Through Sunless Ways (2023)
Movie
Producer / Director

Stamped from the Beginning (2023)
Movie
Executive Producer

Savior Complex (2023)
TV
Executive Producer / Director

The Super Models (2023)
TV
Director / Screenplay

Cassandro (2023)
Movie
1
Executive Producer's Assistant

TLC Forever (2023)
Movie
Director / Producer

Love to Love You, Donna Summer (2023)
Movie
Executive Producer / Director

The 1619 Project (2023)
TV
Executive Producer

Magic Ring (2022)
Movie
Producer

Civil: Ben Crump (2022)
Movie
8
Producer

Master of Light (2022)
Movie
Producer

Ranger (2021)
Movie
Director / Executive Producer

High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America (2021)
TV
Executive Producer

Between the World and Me (2020)
Movie
Director

One Story Up (2020)
TV
Creator / Executive Producer / Director

The Innocence Files (2020)
TV
Executive Producer

The Remix: Hip Hop x Fashion (2019)
Movie
Director

Jaiquan's Sketch (2019)
Movie
Executive Producer

After Maria (2019)
Movie
Co-Producer / Writer / Director

The Apollo (2019)
Movie
Director

Dogs (2018)
TV
Director

Take Back the Harbor (2018)
Movie
Producer / Director / Screenplay

American Jail (2018)
Movie
Executive Producer

The Rachel Divide (2018)
Movie
Director / Producer

Life, Animated (2016)
Movie
Director

The New Yorker Presents (2016)
TV
Director

Blackface (2015)
Movie
Director / Producer

Tutu: The Essence of Being Human (2014)
Movie
Director / Writer / Producer

God Loves Uganda (2013)
Movie
Producer / Director

Music by Prudence (2010)
Movie
Director

Undercover Boss (2010)
TV
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Producer

Alone No Love (2007)
Movie
Director / Producer / Writer

Amazing Families (2006)
Movie
Director / Producer / Writer

Moroccan Style (2004)
Movie
Writer / Director / Producer

New York Underground (2003)
Movie
Producer / Writer / Director

First Off The Tee (2003)
Movie
Producer / Writer / Director

Power, Privilege & Justice (2003)
Movie
Producer / Writer / Director

The Lives They Lived (2003)
Movie
Director

Boys Will Be Girls (2003)
Movie
Director / Producer

Secret Son (2002)
Movie
Producer

Life 360 (2002)
TV
Creator / Producer / Director / Writer

Sheila Bridges: Designer Living (2002)
TV
Producer / Director

Time (2001)
Movie
Writer / Director / Producer

Reagan: A Life In Pictures (2000)
Movie
Director

Independent Lens (1999)
TV
Director

Storyville (1997)
TV
Director / Producer

Discovered at Sundance (1997)
Movie
Producer

People Yearbook '95 (1995)
Movie
Producer

The Empire of Ebony
Movie
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1973-09-16 (51 years old)
Birth PlaceEaston, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsРоджер Росс Уильямс
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)
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