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Roger Ross Williams

Director, Producer, Writer, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn September 16, 1962 (63 years)
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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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Life, Animated
  • Ranger

Known For

  • Life, Animated
  • Cassandro
  • Undercover Boss (US)
  • The Innocence Files
  • The Rachel Divide
  • The 1619 Project
  • Stamped from the Beginning
  • God Loves Uganda
  • The Super Models
  • The Apollo
  • High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
  • Love to Love You, Donna Summer
  • Dogs
  • Independent Lens
  • Makayla's Voice: A Letter to the World
  • After Maria
  • Between the World and Me
  • Civil: Ben Crump
  • TLC Forever
  • The New Yorker Presents

Featured Videos

    Roger Ross Williams Filmography

    2017
    The Oscars · as Self - Nominee
    2015
    Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter (TV Series) · as Self
    2013
    RTL Late Night (TV Series) · as Self
    2011
    PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton (TV Series) · as Self
    2010
    The 82nd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner
    2005
    Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self
    2001
    Democracy Now! (TV Series) · as Self
    1997
    Storyville (TV Series) · as Self
    1996
    The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self

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