Roger Ross Williams
Director, Producer, Writer, Actor
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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Known For
Featured Videos
Filmography
| 2017 | The Oscars · as Self - Nominee |
| 2015 | Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter · as Self |
| 2013 | RTL Late Night · as Self |
| 2011 | PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton · as Self |
| 2010 | The 82nd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood · as Self |
| 2001 | Democracy Now! · as Self |
| 1997 | Storyville · as Self |
| 1996 | The Daily Show · as Self |
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| 2016 | Life, AnimatedOn Plex |
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| 2025 | How to Build a Library · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Move Ya Body: The Birth of House · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Makayla's Voice: A Letter to the World · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | The Battle for Laikipia · as Executive Producer |
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| 2023 | Savior Complex · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | The Super Models · as Executive Producer |
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| 2023 | The 1619 Project · as Executive Producer |
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| 2021 | RangerOn Plex |
| 2021 | High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | One Story Up · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | Between the World and Me · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | The Innocence Files · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | After Maria · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | The Remix: Hip Hop X Fashion · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | The Apollo · as Co-Producer |
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| 2018 | The Rachel Divide · as Executive Producer |
| 2016 | Life, AnimatedOn Plex |
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| 1999 | Independent Lens · as Consulting Producer |
| 2023 | Cassandro · as Screenplay |
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| 2018 | American Jail · as Screenplay |
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| 2021 | One Story Up · as Host |
| 2023 | TLC Forever · as Executive Producer's Assistant |
| 1997 | TV Nation: Volume One · as Segment Producer |