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Roger Ross Williams

Roger Ross Williams

Actor, Producer, Director

Born September 16, 1962 in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA

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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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Actor

14

Type

Year

2026 Trailblazer: Honoring Stanley Nelson & Marcia Smith Poster

2026 Trailblazer: Honoring Stanley Nelson & Marcia Smith TV Special2026Self

The Oscars Poster

The Oscars TV Special2017Self - Nominee

Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso TV Series2016Self

Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter Poster

Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter TV Series2015Self

National Endowment for the Arts: United States of Arts Poster

National Endowment for the Arts: United States of Arts TV Series2015Self - Filmmaker

Live@Sundance Poster

Live@Sundance TV Series2014Self

TakePart Live Poster

TakePart Live TV Series2013Self - Guest

The New Release Wednesday Show Poster

The New Release Wednesday Show TV Series2013Self

The 82nd Annual Academy Awards Poster

The 82nd Annual Academy Awards TV Special2010Self - Winner

Sundance Film Festival: YouTube Channel Poster

Sundance Film Festival: YouTube Channel TV Series2006Self

Democracy Now! Poster

Democracy Now! TV Series2001Self

Life 360 TV Series2001Self - Filmmaker

The Daily Show Poster

The Daily Show TV Series1996Self

Buitenhof Poster

Buitenhof TV Series1995Self

Producer

35

Type

Year

How to Build a Library Poster

How to Build a Library Feature Film2025

Move Ya Body: The Birth of House Poster

Move Ya Body: The Birth of House Feature Film2025

Makayla's Voice: A Letter to the World Poster

Makayla's Voice: A Letter to the World Short Film2024

Stone Mountain Poster

Stone Mountain Feature Film2024

The Battle for Laikipia Poster

The Battle for Laikipia Feature Film2024

Love to Love You, Donna Summer Poster

Love to Love You, Donna Summer Feature Film2023

Savior Complex Poster

Savior Complex Mini-Series2023

Stamped from the Beginning Poster

Stamped from the Beginning Feature Film2023

The 1619 Project Poster

The 1619 Project Mini-Series2023

The Super Models Poster

The Super Models Mini-Series2023

Through Sunless Ways Poster

Through Sunless Ways Short Film2023

TLC Forever Poster

TLC Forever Feature Film2023

Civil: Ben Crump Poster

Civil: Ben Crump Feature Film2022

Magic Ring Short Film2022

Master of Light Poster

Master of Light Feature Film2022

The Empire of Ebony Feature Film2022

High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America Poster

High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America TV Series2021

One Story Up Poster

One Story Up TV Series2021

Ranger Documentary2021

Between the World and Me Poster

Between the World and Me TV Special2020

The Innocence Files Poster

The Innocence Files Mini-Series2020

After Maria Poster

After Maria Documentary2019

The Apollo Poster

The Apollo Documentary2019

The Remix: Hip Hop X Fashion Poster

The Remix: Hip Hop X Fashion Documentary2019

American Jail Poster

American Jail TV Movie2018

The Rachel Divide Poster

The Rachel Divide Documentary2018

Life, Animated Poster

Life, Animated Documentary2016

God Loves Uganda Poster

God Loves Uganda Documentary2013

Music by Prudence Poster

Music by Prudence Documentary2010

Life 360 TV Series2001

Independent Lens Poster

Independent Lens TV Series1999

Discovered at Sundance Documentary1997

TV Nation: Volume One Poster

TV Nation: Volume One Documentary1997

Sex, Drugs and Consequences TV Movie1996

People Yearbook '95 Poster

People Yearbook '95 Documentary1995

Director

26

Type

Year

Cassandro Poster

Cassandro Feature Film2023

Love to Love You, Donna Summer Poster

Love to Love You, Donna Summer Feature Film2023

Stamped from the Beginning Poster

Stamped from the Beginning Feature Film2023

The 1619 Project Poster

The 1619 Project Mini-Series2023

The Super Models Poster

The Super Models Mini-Series2023

High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America Poster

High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America TV Series2021

The Innocence Files Poster

The Innocence Files Mini-Series2020

Jaiquan's Sketch Short Film2019

The Apollo Poster

The Apollo Documentary2019

Traveling While Black Poster

Traveling While Black Short Film2019

American Jail Poster

American Jail TV Movie2018

Dogs TV Series2018

Take Back the Harbor Poster

Take Back the Harbor Short Film2018

Land of the Lost Sidekicks Poster

Land of the Lost Sidekicks Short Film2016

Life, Animated Poster

Life, Animated Documentary2016

Blackface Poster

Blackface Short Film2015

Gospel of Intolerance Short Film2015

The New Yorker Presents Poster

The New Yorker Presents TV Series2015

God Loves Uganda Poster

God Loves Uganda Documentary2013

Music by Prudence Poster

Music by Prudence Documentary2010

Undercover Boss Poster

Undercover Boss TV Series2010

New York Underground Poster

New York Underground Documentary2003

The Lives They Lived TV Movie2003

Sheila Bridges: Designer Living Poster

Sheila Bridges: Designer Living TV Series2002

Independent Lens Poster

Independent Lens TV Series1999

Storyville Poster

Storyville TV Series1997

Writer

7

Type

Year

Cassandro Poster

Cassandro Feature Film2023

The Apollo Poster

The Apollo Documentary2019

God Loves Uganda Poster

God Loves Uganda Documentary2013

New York Underground Poster

New York Underground Documentary2003

The Lives They Lived TV Movie2003

Sheila Bridges: Designer Living Poster

Sheila Bridges: Designer Living TV Series2002

Independent Lens Poster

Independent Lens TV Series1999

Thanks

6

Type

Year

Becoming Poster

Becoming Documentary2020

Gloves Off Poster

Gloves Off Short Film2020

Vision Portraits Poster

Vision Portraits Documentary2019

Hale County This Morning, This Evening Poster

Hale County This Morning, This Evening Documentary2018

Cameraperson Poster

Cameraperson Documentary2016

Zain's Summer: From Refugee to American Boy Poster

Zain's Summer: From Refugee to American Boy Short Film2016

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