Roger Ross Williamsborn 1962

usually

Director

Popularity

1.3

Famous

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.

Credits

How to Build a Library
How to Build a Library

2025

Documentary

Executive Producer

8
0.1
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House

2025

Documentary • Music

Executive Producer

6
0.2
The Battle for Laikipia
The Battle for Laikipia

2024

Documentary

Executive Producer

0
0.1
Stone Mountain
Stone Mountain

2024

Documentary

Executive Producer

0
0.1
Makayla's Voice: A Letter to the World
Makayla's Voice: A Letter to the World

2024

Documentary

Executive Producer

7
0.8
Through Sunless Ways
Through Sunless Ways

2023

Documentary

Executive Producer

0
0
Stamped from the Beginning
Stamped from the Beginning

2023

Animation • Documentary

Producer, Director

6.1
0.6
Cassandro
Cassandro

2023

Drama

Screenplay, Director

6.6
0.9
TLC Forever
TLC Forever

2023

Documentary • Music

Executive Producer's Assistant

7.3
0.3
Love to Love You, Donna Summer
Love to Love You, Donna Summer

2023

Documentary • Music

Director, Producer

7.1
0.6
Magic Ring
Magic Ring

2022

Drama

Executive Producer

0
0.1
Civil: Ben Crump
Civil: Ben Crump

2022

Documentary

Producer

7.4
0.7
Master of Light
Master of Light

2022

Documentary

Producer

6.4
0.6
Ranger
Ranger

2021

Documentary

Producer

0
0.2
Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me

2020

Documentary • Drama

Executive Producer

7.9
0.9
The Remix: Hip Hop x Fashion
The Remix: Hip Hop x Fashion

2019

Documentary

Executive Producer

8
0
Jaiquan's Sketch
Jaiquan's Sketch

2019

Documentary

Director

0
0.1
After Maria
After Maria

2019

Documentary

Executive Producer

5.5
0.3
The Apollo
The Apollo

2019

Documentary

Writer, Director, Co-Producer

6.5
0.6
Traveling While Black
Traveling While Black

2019

Documentary

Director

8
0
Take Back the Harbor
Take Back the Harbor

2018

Documentary

Director

8
0
American Jail
American Jail

2018

Documentary

Producer, Director, Screenplay

5
0.1
The Rachel Divide
The Rachel Divide

2018

Documentary

Executive Producer

6.2
0.2
Land of the Lost Sidekicks
Land of the Lost Sidekicks

2016

Animation

Director

0
0.1
Life, Animated
Life, Animated

2016

Documentary

Director, Producer

7.5
0.5
Blackface
Blackface

2015

Documentary

Director

0
0
Gospel of Intolerance
Gospel of Intolerance

2015

Documentary

Director

0
0.1
Tutu: The Essence of Being Human
Tutu: The Essence of Being Human

2014

Documentary

Director, Producer

0
0.1
God Loves Uganda
God Loves Uganda

2013

Documentary

Writer, Director, Producer

7
0.1
Music by Prudence
Music by Prudence

2010

Documentary

Producer, Director

6.8
0
Alone No Love
Alone No Love

2007

Documentary

Producer

0
0.2
Amazing Families
Amazing Families

2006

Documentary

Director, Producer, Writer

0
0
Moroccan Style
Moroccan Style

2004

Documentary

Producer, Writer, Director

0
0
New York Underground
New York Underground

2003

Documentary

Writer, Director, Producer

0
0.1
First Off The Tee
First Off The Tee

2003

Documentary

Producer, Writer, Director

0
0
Power, Privilege & Justice
Power, Privilege & Justice

2003

Documentary

Producer, Director, Writer

0
0
The Lives They Lived
The Lives They Lived

2003

Documentary

Producer, Writer, Director

0
0
Boys Will Be Girls
Boys Will Be Girls

2003

Documentary

Director

0
0.1
Secret Son
Secret Son

2002

Documentary

Producer, Director

0
0
Challenge America With Erin Brockovich
0
0
Time
Time

2001

Documentary

Director, Producer

0
0
Reagan: A Life In Pictures
Reagan: A Life In Pictures

2000

Documentary

Writer, Director, Producer

0
0
Discovered at Sundance
Discovered at Sundance

1997

Documentary

Director, Producer

0
0
Sex, Drugs and Consequences
Sex, Drugs and Consequences

1996

Documentary

Producer

0
0.1
People Yearbook '95
People Yearbook '95

1995

Documentary

Producer

0
0
The Empire of Ebony
The Empire of Ebony

Documentary

Producer

0
0
Strange Arrivals
Strange Arrivals

Romance • Science Fiction

Director, Executive Producer

0
0.2

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