Roger Ross Williams
Directing · Producer · Director · Writer
Born Sep 16, 1962 · Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
Active 1995–present
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…
Filmography
Life, Animated (2016) — Director · ProducerCassandro (2023) — Director · ScreenplayThe Innocence Files (2020) — Executive Producer · Director · CreatorDogs (2018) — DirectorThe Rachel Divide (2018) — Executive ProducerLove to Love You, Donna Summer (2023) — Director · ProducerHow to Build a Library (2025) — Executive ProducerChallenge America With Erin Brockovich (2001) — DirectorNew York Underground (2003) — Writer · Director · ProducerLife 360 (2002) — ProducerUndercover Boss (2010) — DirectorStamped from the Beginning (2023) — Producer · Director · Executive ProducerMakayla's Voice: A Letter to the World (2024) — Executive ProducerBetween the World and Me (2020) — Executive ProducerGod Loves Uganda (2013) — Director · Writer · ProducerStoryville (1997) — DirectorDiscovered at Sundance (1997) — Director · ProducerThe Lives They Lived (2003) — Producer · Writer · DirectorThe Apollo (2019) — Co-Producer · Writer · DirectorIndependent Lens (1999) — DirectorCivil: Ben Crump (2022) — ProducerTake Back the Harbor (2018) — DirectorSavior Complex (2023) — Executive ProducerThe Super Models (2023) — Executive Producer · Director · Creator