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.
Directed 23
2020s
- 2023
- 2021
- 2020
One Story Up
Director
2010s
- 2019
Traveling While Black
Director
- 2018
Take Back the Harbor
Director
American Jail
Director
- 2016
Land of the Lost Sidekicks
Director
The New Yorker Presents
Director
- 2013
God Loves Uganda
Director
- 2010
Music by Prudence
Director
2000s
- 2003
New York Underground
Director
Boys Will Be Girls
Director
1990s
- 1999
- 1997
Produced 31
2020s
- 2025
How to Build a Library
Executive Producer
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House
Executive Producer
- 2024
The Battle for Laikipia
Executive Producer
Stone Mountain
Executive Producer
- 2023
Through Sunless Ways
Executive Producer
- 2022
Magic Ring
Executive Producer
- 2021
Ranger
Producer
- 2020
One Story Up
Executive Producer
2010s
- 2019
The Remix: Hip Hop x Fashion
Executive Producer
- 2018
American Jail
Producer
- 2016
- 2013
God Loves Uganda
Producer
- 2010
Music by Prudence
Producer
2000s
- 2007
Alone No Love
Producer
- 2003
New York Underground
Producer
1980s
- 1988
Wrote 5
2020s
- 2023
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
American Jail
Screenplay
- 2013
God Loves Uganda
Writer
2000s
- 2003
New York Underground
Writer
Created 2
2020s
- 2023
- 2020
Appearances4
2020s
- 2020
One Story Up
Host · 1 episode
2010s
- 2015
Blackface
Self
2000s
- 2005
