5Directing
Roger Ross Williams
- Born
- 1962-09-16
- Birthplace
- Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
64 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
How to Build a Library
2025 · Movie
Executive Producer
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House
2025 · Movie
Executive Producer
Makayla's Voice: A Letter to the World
2024 · Movie
Executive Producer
Stone Mountain
2024 · Movie
Executive Producer
The Battle for Laikipia
2024 · Movie
Executive Producer
Cassandro
2023 · Movie
Director · Screenplay
Love to Love You, Donna Summer
2023 · Movie
Director · Producer
Savior Complex
2023 · TV Show
Executive Producer
Stamped from the Beginning
2023 · Movie
Producer · Director · Executive Producer
The 1619 Project
2023 · TV Show
Executive Producer · Director
The Super Models
2023 · TV Show
Executive Producer · Director · Creator
Through Sunless Ways
2023 · Movie
Executive Producer
TLC Forever
2023 · Movie
Executive Producer's Assistant
Civil: Ben Crump
2022 · Movie
Producer
Magic Ring
2022 · Movie
Executive Producer
Master of Light
2022 · Movie
Producer
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
2021 · TV Show
Executive Producer · Director
Ranger
2021 · Movie
Producer
Between the World and Me
2020 · Movie
Executive Producer
One Story Up
2020 · TV Show
Host · Executive Producer · Director
The Innocence Files
2020 · TV Show
Executive Producer · Director · Creator
After Maria
2019 · Movie
Executive Producer
Jaiquan's Sketch
2019 · Movie
Director
The Apollo
2019 · Movie
Director · Writer · Co-Producer
The Remix: Hip Hop x Fashion
2019 · Movie
Executive Producer
Traveling While Black
2019 · Movie
Director
American Jail
2018 · Movie
Director · Producer · Screenplay
Dogs
2018 · TV Show
Director
Take Back the Harbor
2018 · Movie
Director
The Rachel Divide
2018 · Movie
Executive Producer
Land of the Lost Sidekicks
2016 · Movie
Director
Life, Animated
2016 · Movie
Director · Producer
The New Yorker Presents
2016 · TV Show
Director
Blackface
2015 · Movie
Director
Blackface
2015 · Movie
Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · TV Show
Self
Gospel of Intolerance
2015 · Movie
Director
Tutu: The Essence of Being Human
2014 · Movie
Director · Producer
God Loves Uganda
2013 · Movie
Director · Writer · Producer
Music by Prudence
2010 · Movie
Producer · Director
Undercover Boss
2010 · TV Show
Director
Alone No Love
2007 · Movie
Producer
Amazing Families
2006 · Movie
Director · Producer · Writer
Made in Hollywood
2005 · TV Show
Self
Moroccan Style
2004 · Movie
Director · Producer · Writer
Boys Will Be Girls
2003 · Movie
Director
First Off The Tee
2003 · Movie
Director · Producer · Writer
New York Underground
2003 · Movie
Director · Writer · Producer
Power, Privilege & Justice
2003 · Movie
Director · Producer · Writer
The Lives They Lived
2003 · Movie
Producer · Writer · Director
Life 360
2002 · TV Show
Producer
Secret Son
2002 · Movie
Director · Producer
Sheila Bridges: Designer Living
2002 · TV Show
Director · Producer · Writer · Creator
Challenge America With Erin Brockovich
2001 · Movie
Director
Time
2001 · Movie
Director · Producer
Reagan: A Life In Pictures
2000 · Movie
Director · Producer · Writer
Independent Lens
1999 · TV Show
Director
Discovered at Sundance
1997 · Movie
Director · Producer
Storyville
1997 · TV Show
Director
Sex, Drugs and Consequences
1996 · Movie
Producer
People Yearbook '95
1995 · Movie
Producer
POV
1988 · TV Show
Executive Producer
Strange Arrivals
Date unknown · Movie
Director · Executive Producer
The Empire of Ebony
Date unknown · Movie
Producer