Roger Ross Williams (born September 16, 1962; Easton) is an American documentary 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.
Academy Awards
Best Documentary
Known For
Cassandro
(2023)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Discovered at Sundance
(1997)
Director
Reagan: A Life In Pictures
(2000)
Director
Challenge America With Erin Brockovich
(2001)
Director
Time
(2001)
Director
Secret Son
(2002)
Director
New York Underground
(2003)
Director
The Lives They Lived
(2003)
Director
First Off The Tee
(2003)
Director
Boys Will Be Girls
(2003)
Director
Power, Privilege & Justice
(2003)
Director
Moroccan Style
(2004)
Director
Amazing Families
(2006)
Director
Music by Prudence
(2010)
Director
God Loves Uganda
(2013)
Director
Tutu: The Essence of Being Human
(2014)
Director
Blackface
(2015)
Director
Gospel of Intolerance
(2015)
Director
Life, Animated
(2016)
Director
Land of the Lost Sidekicks
(2016)
Director
American Jail
(2018)
Director
Take Back the Harbor
(2018)
Director
The Apollo
(2019)
Director
Traveling While Black
(2019)
Director
Jaiquan's Sketch
(2019)
Director
Cassandro
(2023)
Director
Love to Love You, Donna Summer
(2023)
Director
Stamped from the Beginning
(2023)
Director
Acting
Production
People Yearbook '95
(1995)
Producer
Sex, Drugs and Consequences
(1996)
Producer
Discovered at Sundance
(1997)
Producer
TV Nation: Volume One
(1997)
Producer
Reagan: A Life In Pictures
(2000)
Producer
Time
(2001)
Producer
Secret Son
(2002)
Producer
New York Underground
(2003)
Producer
The Lives They Lived
(2003)
Producer
First Off The Tee
(2003)
Producer
Power, Privilege & Justice
(2003)
Producer
Moroccan Style
(2004)
Producer
Amazing Families
(2006)
Producer
Alone No Love
(2007)
Producer
Music by Prudence
(2010)
Producer
God Loves Uganda
(2013)
Producer
Tutu: The Essence of Being Human
(2014)
Producer
Life, Animated
(2016)
Producer
The Rachel Divide
(2018)
Executive Producer
American Jail
(2018)
Producer
The Apollo
(2019)
Co-Producer
After Maria
(2019)
Executive Producer
The Remix: Hip Hop x Fashion
(2019)
Executive Producer
Between the World and Me
(2020)
Executive Producer
Ranger
(2021)
Producer
Master of Light
(2022)
Producer
Civil: Ben Crump
(2022)
Producer
Magic Ring
(2022)
Executive Producer
Love to Love You, Donna Summer
(2023)
Producer
TLC Forever
(2023)
Executive Producer's Assistant
Stamped from the Beginning
(2023)
Producer
Through Sunless Ways
(2023)
Executive Producer
The Battle for Laikipia
(2024)
Executive Producer
Writing
Reagan: A Life In Pictures
(2000)
Writer
New York Underground
(2003)
Writer
The Lives They Lived
(2003)
Writer
First Off The Tee
(2003)
Writer
Power, Privilege & Justice
(2003)
Writer
Moroccan Style
(2004)
Writer
Amazing Families
(2006)
Writer
God Loves Uganda
(2013)
Writer
American Jail
(2018)
Screenplay
The Apollo
(2019)
Writer
Cassandro
(2023)
Screenplay