Roger Ross Williams

Known for directing · Born 16 September 1962 · 64 · Easton, Pennsylvania, USA

65 credits

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.

Known for

Undercover Boss

2010

Life, Animated

2016

Cassandro

2023

The Innocence Files

2020

The 1619 Project

2023

The Super Models

2023

Dogs

2018

Stamped from the Beginning

2023

Love to Love You, Donna Summer

2023

High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America

2021

The Apollo

2019

God Loves Uganda

2013

Acting (4)

2020One Story UpHostSeries

2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelfSeries

2015BlackfaceSelfFilm

2005Made in HollywoodSelfSeries

Directing (21)

2023Love to Love You, Donna SummerDirector, ProducerFilm

2019Traveling While BlackDirectorFilm

2019Jaiquan's SketchDirectorFilm

2018DogsDirectorSeries

2018Take Back the HarborDirectorFilm

2016Life, AnimatedDirector, ProducerFilm

2016The New Yorker PresentsDirectorSeries

2016Land of the Lost SidekicksDirectorFilm

2015BlackfaceDirectorFilm

2015Gospel of IntoleranceDirectorFilm

2014Tutu: The Essence of Being HumanDirector, ProducerFilm

2010Undercover BossDirectorSeries

2006Amazing FamiliesDirector, Producer, WriterFilm

2003Boys Will Be GirlsDirectorFilm

2002Sheila Bridges: Designer LivingDirector, Producer, Writer, CreatorSeries

2001Challenge America With Erin BrockovichDirectorFilm

2001TimeDirector, ProducerFilm

1999Independent LensDirectorSeries

1997StoryvilleDirectorSeries

1997Discovered at SundanceDirector, ProducerFilm

—Strange ArrivalsDirector, Executive ProducerFilm

Production (35)

2025How to Build a LibraryExecutive ProducerFilm

2025Move Ya Body: The Birth of HouseExecutive ProducerFilm

2024Makayla's Voice: A Letter to the WorldExecutive ProducerFilm

2024The Battle for LaikipiaExecutive ProducerFilm

2024Stone MountainExecutive ProducerFilm

2023Stamped from the BeginningProducer, Director, Executive ProducerFilm

2023The 1619 ProjectExecutive Producer, DirectorSeries

2023Savior ComplexExecutive ProducerSeries

2023The Super ModelsExecutive Producer, Director, CreatorSeries

2023TLC ForeverExecutive Producer's AssistantFilm

2023Through Sunless WaysExecutive ProducerFilm

2022Civil: Ben CrumpProducerFilm

2022Master of LightProducerFilm

2022Magic RingExecutive ProducerFilm

2021High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed AmericaExecutive Producer, DirectorSeries

2021RangerProducerFilm

2020The Innocence FilesExecutive Producer, Director, CreatorSeries

2020Between the World and MeExecutive ProducerFilm

2020One Story UpExecutive Producer, DirectorSeries

2019After MariaExecutive ProducerFilm

2019The Remix: Hip Hop x FashionExecutive ProducerFilm

2018The Rachel DivideExecutive ProducerFilm

2018American JailProducer, Director, ScreenplayFilm

2010Music by PrudenceProducer, DirectorFilm

2007Alone No LoveProducerFilm

2004Moroccan StyleProducer, Writer, DirectorFilm

2003The Lives They LivedProducer, Writer, DirectorFilm

2003First Off The TeeProducer, Writer, DirectorFilm

2003Power, Privilege & JusticeProducer, Director, WriterFilm

2002Life 360ProducerSeries

2002Secret SonProducer, DirectorFilm

1996Sex, Drugs and ConsequencesProducerFilm

1995People Yearbook '95ProducerFilm

1988POVExecutive ProducerSeries

—The Empire of EbonyProducerFilm

Writing (5)

2023CassandroScreenplay, DirectorFilm

2019The ApolloWriter, Director, Co-ProducerFilm

2013God Loves UgandaWriter, Director, ProducerFilm

2003New York UndergroundWriter, Director, ProducerFilm

2000Reagan: A Life In PicturesWriter, Director, ProducerFilm