Roger Ross Williams

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

1. Life, Animated (2016) — Director
2. Cassandro (2023) — Director
3. Undercover Boss (2010) — Director
4. The Innocence Files (2020) — Director
5. Dogs (2018) — Director
6. Stamped from the Beginning (2023) — Director
7. The 1619 Project (2023) — Director
8. Love to Love You, Donna Summer (2023) — Director
9. God Loves Uganda (2013) — Director
10. The Apollo (2019) — Director
11. Independent Lens (1999) — Director
12. The Super Models (2023) — Director
13. Music by Prudence (2010) — Director
14. Storyville (1997) — Director
15. High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America (2021) — Director
16. The New Yorker Presents (2016) — Director
17. American Jail (2018) — Director
18. Take Back the Harbor (2018) — Director
19. Discovered at Sundance (1997) — Director
20. Challenge America With Erin Brockovich (2001) — Director
21. New York Underground (2003) — Director
22. The Lives They Lived (2003) — Director
23. Land of the Lost Sidekicks (2016) — Director
24. Traveling While Black (2019) — Director
25. Tutu: The Essence of Being Human (2014) — Director
26. Amazing Families (2006) — Director
27. Moroccan Style (2004) — Director
28. First Off The Tee (2003) — Director
29. Boys Will Be Girls (2003) — Director
30. Power, Privilege & Justice (2003) — Director
31. Secret Son (2002) — Director
32. Time (2001) — Director
33. Reagan: A Life In Pictures (2000) — Director
34. Blackface (2015) — Director
35. Gospel of Intolerance (2015) — Director
36. Jaiquan's Sketch (2019) — Director
37. Strange Arrivals — Director
38. One Story Up (2020) — Director
39. Sheila Bridges: Designer Living (2002) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015) — Self
2. Made in Hollywood (2005) — Self
3. Blackface (2015) — Self
4. One Story Up (2020) — Host