Acting credits
4
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Roger Ross Williams
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.4
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Movies: 30Series: 13Crew credits: 40
TMDB ID: 1140442
IMDb ID: nm2141317
Known for: Directing
Born: September 16, 1962
Age: 63
Place of birth: Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1997 - 2025
Years active: 29
Average TMDB rating: 6.41
Wikidata: Q1617323
Also known as
Роджер Росс Уильямс
Other jobs
Director (15)Executive Producer (15)Producer (7)Co-Producer (1)Executive Producer's Assistant (1)Writer (1)
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Roger Ross Williams.
8.0
How to Build a Library
Executive Producer
2025 Movie
6.0
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House
Executive Producer
2025 Movie
The Battle for Laikipia
Executive Producer
2024 Movie
Stone Mountain
Executive Producer
2024 Movie
7.0
Makayla's Voice: A Letter to the World
Executive Producer
2024 Movie
Through Sunless Ways
Executive Producer
2023 Movie
6.5
Stamped from the Beginning
Producer
2023 Movie
6.6
Cassandro
Director
2023 Movie
7.3
TLC Forever
Executive Producer's Assistant
2023 Movie
7.1
Love to Love You, Donna Summer
Director
2023 Movie
Magic Ring
Executive Producer
2022 Movie
7.4
Civil: Ben Crump
Producer
2022 Movie
6.4
Master of Light
Producer
2022 Movie
Ranger
Producer
2021 Movie
7.9
Between the World and Me
Executive Producer
2020 Movie
8.0
The Remix: Hip Hop x Fashion
Executive Producer
2019 Movie
5.5
After Maria
Executive Producer
2019 Movie
6.5
The Apollo
Co-Producer
2019 Movie
8.0
Traveling While Black
Director
2019 Movie
8.0
Take Back the Harbor
Director
2018 Movie
5.0
American Jail
Producer
2018 Movie
6.2
The Rachel Divide
Executive Producer
2018 Movie
5.0
Land of the Lost Sidekicks
Director
2016 Movie
7.4
Life, Animated
Director
2016 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Roger Ross Williams.
6.5
Savior Complex
Executive Producer • 3 eps
2023 Series
6.7
The Super Models
Executive Producer • 4 eps
2023 Series
5.1
The 1619 Project
Director • 2 eps
2023 Series
6.7
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
Executive Producer • 4 eps
2021 Series
One Story Up
as Host • 1 eps
2020 Series
7.4
The Innocence Files
Executive Producer • 9 eps
2020 Series
7.3
Dogs
Director • 1 eps
2018 Series
6.8
The New Yorker Presents
Director • 1 eps
2016 Series
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
5.7
Undercover Boss
Director • 23 eps
2010 Series
4.7
Made in Hollywood
as Self • 1 eps
2005 Series
6.5
Independent Lens
Director • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.6
Storyville
Director • 1 eps
1997 Series