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Roger Ross Williams

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: Directing
Born: 16 Sep 1962
Age: 64
Place of birth: Easton, Pennsylvania, USA

Known for

Life, Animated2016
Cassandro2023

5.7

Undercover Boss2010

The Innocence Files2020

Director
Writer
Actor

Stamped from the Beginning2023
The Super Models2023
The Super Models
Season 1
S1E1The Look
S1E2The Fame
S1E3The Power
S1E4The Legacy
Cassandro2023
Love to Love You, Donna Summer2023
The 1619 Project2023
The 1619 Project
Season 1
S1E1Democracy
S1E6Justice
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America2021
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
Season 1
S1E1Our Roots
S1E2The Rice Kingdom
S1E3Our Founding Chefs
One Story Up2020
The Innocence Files2020
The Innocence Files
Season 1
S1E1The Evidence: Indeed and Without Doubt
S1E2The Evidence: The Truth Will Defend Me
S1E3The Evidence: The Duty to Correct
Jaiquan's Sketch2019
The Apollo2019
Traveling While Black2019
Dogs2018
Dogs
Season 1
S1E4Scissors Down
Take Back the Harbor2018
American Jail2018
Land of the Lost Sidekicks2016
Life, Animated2016
The New Yorker Presents2016
The New Yorker Presents
Season 1
S1E4Episode 4
Blackface2015
Gospel of Intolerance2015
Tutu: The Essence of Being Human2014
God Loves Uganda2013
Music by Prudence2010
Undercover Boss2010
Undercover Boss
Season 1
S1E37-Eleven
Amazing Families2006
Moroccan Style2004
New York Underground2003
First Off The Tee2003
Power, Privilege & Justice2003
The Lives They Lived2003
Boys Will Be Girls2003
Secret Son2002
Sheila Bridges: Designer Living2002
Sheila Bridges: Designer Living
Season 1
S1E7Daniele Perna, Robert D. Nelson
S1E8Morocco Special
Challenge America With Erin Brockovich2001
Time2001
Reagan: A Life In Pictures2000
Independent Lens1999
Independent Lens
Season 15
S15E20God Loves Uganda
Storyville1997
Storyville
Season 22
S22E8Jailed in America
Discovered at Sundance1997
Strange Arrivals