Roger Ross Williams
Director · Actor · WriterRoger 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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FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR1
DIRECTOR28
Love to Love You, Donna Summer
2023
Director
Stamped from the Beginning
2023
Director
Cassandro
2023
Director
- Jaiquan's Sketch
Jaiquan's Sketch
2019
Director
The Apollo
2019
Director
Traveling While Black
2019
Director
American Jail
2018
Director
Take Back the Harbor
2018
Director
Life, Animated
2016
Director
Land of the Lost Sidekicks
2016
Director
- Blackface
Blackface
2015
Director
- Gospel of Intolerance
Gospel of Intolerance
2015
Director
- Tutu: The Essence of Being Human
Tutu: The Essence of Being Human
2014
Director
God Loves Uganda
2013
Director
Music by Prudence
2010
Director
- Amazing Families
Amazing Families
2006
Director
- Moroccan Style
Moroccan Style
2004
Director
Boys Will Be Girls
2003
Director
- First Off The Tee
First Off The Tee
2003
Director
- Power, Privilege & Justice
Power, Privilege & Justice
2003
Director
- The Lives They Lived
The Lives They Lived
2003
Director
New York Underground
2003
Director
- Secret Son
Secret Son
2002
Director
- Challenge America With Erin Brockovich
Challenge America With Erin Brockovich
2001
Director
- Time
Time
2001
Director
- Reagan: A Life In Pictures
Reagan: A Life In Pictures
2000
Director
- Discovered at Sundance
Discovered at Sundance
1997
Director
- Strange Arrivals
Strange Arrivals
Director
WRITER11
Cassandro
2023
Screenplay
The Apollo
2019
Writer
American Jail
2018
Screenplay
God Loves Uganda
2013
Writer
- Amazing Families
Amazing Families
2006
Writer
- Moroccan Style
Moroccan Style
2004
Writer
- Power, Privilege & Justice
Power, Privilege & Justice
2003
Writer
- First Off The Tee
First Off The Tee
2003
Writer
- The Lives They Lived
The Lives They Lived
2003
Writer
New York Underground
2003
Writer
- Reagan: A Life In Pictures
Reagan: A Life In Pictures
2000
Writer
PRODUCER38
How to Build a Library
2025
Executive Producer
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House
2025
Executive Producer
The Battle for Laikipia
2024
Executive Producer
Stone Mountain
2024
Executive Producer
Makayla's Voice: A Letter to the World
2024
Executive Producer
Stamped from the Beginning
2023
Producer, Executive Producer
Through Sunless Ways
2023
Executive Producer
Love to Love You, Donna Summer
2023
Producer
TLC Forever
2023
Executive Producer's Assistant
Civil: Ben Crump
2022
Producer
Magic Ring
2022
Executive Producer
Master of Light
2022
Producer
Ranger
2021
Producer
Between the World and Me
2020
Executive Producer
The Apollo
2019
Co-Producer
After Maria
2019
Executive Producer
The Remix: Hip Hop x Fashion
2019
Executive Producer
The Rachel Divide
2018
Executive Producer
American Jail
2018
Producer
Life, Animated
2016
Producer
- Tutu: The Essence of Being Human
Tutu: The Essence of Being Human
2014
Producer
God Loves Uganda
2013
Producer
Music by Prudence
2010
Producer
Alone No Love
2007
Producer
- Amazing Families
Amazing Families
2006
Producer
- Moroccan Style
Moroccan Style
2004
Producer
- Power, Privilege & Justice
Power, Privilege & Justice
2003
Producer
- The Lives They Lived
The Lives They Lived
2003
Producer
- First Off The Tee
First Off The Tee
2003
Producer
New York Underground
2003
Producer
- Secret Son
Secret Son
2002
Producer
- Time
Time
2001
Producer
- Reagan: A Life In Pictures
Reagan: A Life In Pictures
2000
Producer
- Discovered at Sundance
Discovered at Sundance
1997
Producer
- Sex, Drugs and Consequences
Sex, Drugs and Consequences
1996
Producer
- People Yearbook '95
People Yearbook '95
1995
Producer
- The Empire of Ebony
The Empire of Ebony
Producer
- Strange Arrivals
Strange Arrivals
Executive Producer
