Roger Ross Williams
Directing
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.
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Movies (29)
Stamped from the Beginning2023Directing
Cassandro2023Directing
Love to Love You, Donna Summer2023Directing- Jaiquan's Sketch2019Directing
The Apollo2019Directing
Traveling While Black2019Directing
Take Back the Harbor2018Directing
American Jail2018Directing
Land of the Lost Sidekicks2016Directing
Life, Animated2016Directing- Blackface2015Directing
Blackface2015Self- Gospel of Intolerance2015Directing
- Tutu: The Essence of Being Human2014Directing
God Loves Uganda2013Directing
Music by Prudence2010Directing- Amazing Families2006Directing
- Moroccan Style2004Directing
New York Underground2003Directing- First Off The Tee2003Directing
- Power, Privilege & Justice2003Directing
- The Lives They Lived2003Directing
Boys Will Be Girls2003Directing- Secret Son2002Directing
- Challenge America With Erin Brockovich2001Directing
- Time2001Directing
- Reagan: A Life In Pictures2000Directing
- Discovered at Sundance1997Directing
- Strange ArrivalsDirecting
Shows (13)
The Super Models2023Directing
The 1619 Project2023Directing
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America2021Directing
One Story Up2020Host
The Innocence Files2020Directing
Dogs2018Directing
The New Yorker Presents2016Directing
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter2015Self
Undercover Boss2010Directing
Made in Hollywood2005Self- Sheila Bridges: Designer Living2002Directing
Independent Lens1999Directing
Storyville1997Directing