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Roger Ross Williams

Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer | * 04/13/1973 (51) | Easton (United States of America (USA))
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. ()

Roger Ross Williams is an American director, producer and writer and the first African American director to win an Oscar, with his short film Music by Prudence.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Drama | Music

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The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment. ...

The Apollo

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2019 | 3.0/5 | 1h 38min
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At three years old, a chatty, energetic little boy named Owen Suskind ceased to speak, disappearing into autism with apparently no way out. Almost four years passed and the only stimuli that engaged O ...

Life, Animated

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2016 | 3.8/5 | 1h 31min
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A powerful exploration of the evangelical campaign to infuse African culture with values imported from America's Christian Right. The film follows American and Ugandan religious leaders fighting sexua ...

God Loves Uganda

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2013 | 3.5/5 | 1h 23min
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In keeping with the original project, this series seeks to reframe the country's history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of our natio ...

The 1619 Project

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2023 | 3.7/5 | 1h per episode
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Awards & Nominations for Roger Ross Williams

Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
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Movies with Roger Ross Williams as Actor(1)

as himself2015 Blackface

TV Shows/Series with Roger Ross Williams as Actor(2)

as Host2020 One Story Up
as himself2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Movies with Roger Ross Williams as Crew(29)

Production/Executive Producer2024 The Battle for Laikipia
Directing/Director2023 Love to Love You, Donna Summer
Production/Producer2023 Love to Love You, Donna Summer
Directing/Director2023 Cassandro
Writing/Screenplay2023 Cassandro
Directing/Director2023 Stamped from the Beginning
Production/Producer2023 Stamped from the Beginning
Production/Executive Producer's Assistant2023 TLC Forever
Production/Producer2022 Civil: Ben Crump
Production/Producer2022 Master of Light
Production/Executive Producer2020 Between the World and Me
Production/Executive Producer2019 After Maria
Production/Executive Producer2019 The Remix: Hip Hop x Fashion
Directing/Director2019 Traveling While Black
Directing/Director2019 The Apollo
Production/Co-Producer2019 The Apollo
Writing/Writer2019 The Apollo
Directing/Director2018 Take Back the Harbor
Production/Executive Producer2018 The Rachel Divide
Directing/Director2018 American Jail
Production/Producer2018 American Jail
Writing/Screenplay2018 American Jail
Directing/Director2016 Land of the Lost Sidekicks
Directing/Director2016 Life, Animated
Production/Producer2016 Life, Animated
Directing/Director2013 God Loves Uganda
Production/Producer2013 God Loves Uganda
Writing/Writer2013 God Loves Uganda
Directing/Director2010 Music by Prudence

TV Shows/Series with Roger Ross Williams as Crew(11)

Production/Executive Producer2023 The 1619 Project
Directing/Director2023 The 1619 Project
Production/Executive Producer2023 Savior Complex
Directing/Director2023 The Super Models
Production/Executive Producer2023 The Super Models
Directing/Director2021 High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
Production/Executive Producer2020 One Story Up
Directing/Director2020 One Story Up
Production/Executive Producer2020 The Innocence Files
Directing/Director2020 The Innocence Files
Creator/Creator2020 The Innocence Files

Full Name: Roger Williams
Born: Friday, 04/13 1973 (April) in Easton (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 51 years + 13 days)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Educated at: Easton Area High School, Northampton Community College
Roger Ross Williams frequently works together with these people:
Nadia Hallgren (6x, Crew)
Carolyn Hepburn (6x, Crew)
Geoff Martz (6x, Crew)
Julie Goldman (5x, Crew)
Alex Gibney (4x, Crew)
Liz Garbus (4x, Crew)
Christopher Clements (4x, Crew)
Lisa Cortés (4x, Crew)
Lisa Cortes (4x, Crew)
Ta-Nehisi Coates (3x, Actor)
Jean Tsien (3x, Crew)
Ibram X. Kendi (3x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:57824, Added: 05/17/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024