Roger Ross Williams

Biography

Roger Ross Williams (born September 16, 1962; Easton) is an American documentary 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.

Known for

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2020	One Story Up	Host
2015	Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter	Self
2015	Blackface	Self
2005	Made in Hollywood	Self

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
—	The Empire of Ebony	Producer
—	The Night Disco Died	Executive Producer
2024	The Battle for Laikipia	Executive Producer
2024	Stone Mountain	Executive Producer
—	How to Build A Library	Executive Producer
2023	Cassandro	Director
2023	Cassandro	Screenplay
2023	Stamped from the Beginning	Producer
2023	Stamped from the Beginning	Director
2023	Love to Love You, Donna Summer	Director
2023	Love to Love You, Donna Summer	Producer
2023	The 1619 Project	Executive Producer
2023	The 1619 Project	Director
2023	Savior Complex	Executive Producer
2023	The Super Models	Executive Producer
2023	The Super Models	Director
2023	TLC Forever	Executive Producer's Assistant
2023	Through Sunless Ways	Executive Producer
2022	Civil: Ben Crump	Producer
2022	Master of Light	Producer
2022	Magic Ring	Executive Producer
2021	High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America	Director
2021	High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America	Executive Producer
2021	Ranger	Producer
2020	The Innocence Files	Executive Producer
2020	The Innocence Files	Director
2020	The Innocence Files	Creator
2020	Between the World and Me	Executive Producer
2020	One Story Up	Executive Producer
2020	One Story Up	Director
2019	After Maria	Executive Producer
2019	The Apollo	Co-Producer
2019	The Apollo	Writer
2019	The Apollo	Director
2019	Traveling While Black	Director
2019	Jaiquan's Sketch	Director
2019	The Remix: Hip Hop x Fashion	Executive Producer
2018	The Rachel Divide	Executive Producer
2018	Dogs	Director
2018	American Jail	Producer
2018	American Jail	Director
2018	American Jail	Screenplay
2018	Take Back the Harbor	Director
2016	Life, Animated	Director
2016	Life, Animated	Producer
2016	The New Yorker Presents	Director
2016	Land of the Lost Sidekicks	Director
2015	Blackface	Director
2015	Gospel of Intolerance	Director
2014	Tutu: The Essence of Being Human	Director
2014	Tutu: The Essence of Being Human	Producer
2013	God Loves Uganda	Director
2013	God Loves Uganda	Writer
2013	God Loves Uganda	Producer
2010	Undercover Boss	Director
2010	Music by Prudence	Producer
2010	Music by Prudence	Director
2007	Alone No Love	Producer
2006	Amazing Families	Director
2006	Amazing Families	Writer
2006	Amazing Families	Producer
2004	Moroccan Style	Director
2004	Moroccan Style	Writer
2004	Moroccan Style	Producer
2003	Boys Will Be Girls	Director
2003	Power, Privilege & Justice	Producer
2003	First Off The Tee	Director
2003	Power, Privilege & Justice	Writer
2003	Power, Privilege & Justice	Director
2003	The Lives They Lived	Producer
2003	First Off The Tee	Producer
2003	First Off The Tee	Writer
2003	The Lives They Lived	Writer
2003	New York Underground	Writer
2003	The Lives They Lived	Director
2003	New York Underground	Director
2003	New York Underground	Producer
2002	Secret Son	Director
2002	Secret Son	Producer
2002	Sheila Bridges: Designer Living	Director
2002	Sheila Bridges: Designer Living	Producer
2002	Sheila Bridges: Designer Living	Writer
2002	Life 360	Producer
2002	Sheila Bridges: Designer Living	Creator
2001	Time	Producer
2001	Challenge America With Erin Brockovich	Director
2001	Time	Director
2000	Reagan: A Life In Pictures	Director
2000	Reagan: A Life In Pictures	Producer
2000	Reagan: A Life In Pictures	Writer
1999	Independent Lens	Director
1997	Storyville	Director
1997	Discovered at Sundance	Director
1997	TV Nation: Volume One	Producer
1997	Discovered at Sundance	Producer
1996	Sex, Drugs and Consequences	Producer
1995	People Yearbook '95	Producer