Sep 16, 1962 - Easton, Pennsylvania, 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.
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| Movie | 2015 | Blackface | Self | |
| TV Show | 2020 | One Story Up | Host | 1 |
| TV Show | 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2005 | Made in Hollywood | Self | 1 |
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| Movie | 2022 | Civil: Ben Crump | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2013 | God Loves Uganda | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2013 | God Loves Uganda | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2023 | Stamped from the Beginning | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1997 | Discovered at Sundance | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2001 | Time | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2002 | Secret Son | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2001 | Challenge America With Erin Brockovich | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2004 | Moroccan Style | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2014 | Tutu: The Essence of Being Human | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2025 | How to Build a Library | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2003 | First Off The Tee | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2010 | Music by Prudence | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2000 | Reagan: A Life In Pictures | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2014 | Tutu: The Essence of Being Human | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2006 | Amazing Families | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2007 | Alone No Love | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2002 | Secret Son | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2003 | Boys Will Be Girls | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2001 | Time | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2004 | Moroccan Style | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2006 | Amazing Families | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2003 | The Lives They Lived | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2003 | Power, Privilege & Justice | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2006 | Amazing Families | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2003 | First Off The Tee | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2004 | Moroccan Style | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2003 | Power, Privilege & Justice | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2003 | First Off The Tee | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2000 | Reagan: A Life In Pictures | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2000 | Reagan: A Life In Pictures | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2003 | Power, Privilege & Justice | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1997 | Discovered at Sundance | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2022 | Magic Ring | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1996 | Sex, Drugs and Consequences | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2023 | Through Sunless Ways | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1995 | People Yearbook '95 | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2013 | God Loves Uganda | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2024 | The Battle for Laikipia | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2015 | Blackface | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2022 | Master of Light | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2016 | Life, Animated | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2023 | Love to Love You, Donna Summer | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2016 | Life, Animated | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2010 | Music by Prudence | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2023 | Love to Love You, Donna Summer | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2024 | Stone Mountain | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2003 | New York Underground | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2019 | Jaiquan's Sketch | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2021 | Ranger | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2003 | The Lives They Lived | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2003 | New York Underground | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2015 | Gospel of Intolerance | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2003 | The Lives They Lived | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2023 | Stamped from the Beginning | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2023 | TLC Forever | Executive Producer's Assistant | Production |
| Movie | 2018 | The Rachel Divide | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2003 | New York Underground | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2025 | Move Ya Body: The Birth of House | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2018 | American Jail | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2018 | American Jail | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2018 | American Jail | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2018 | Take Back the Harbor | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2016 | Land of the Lost Sidekicks | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2019 | The Apollo | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2019 | The Apollo | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2019 | The Apollo | Co-Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2019 | After Maria | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2019 | The Remix: Hip Hop x Fashion | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2019 | Traveling While Black | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2023 | Cassandro | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2023 | Cassandro | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2020 | Between the World and Me | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | N/A | The Empire of Ebony | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2024 | Makayla's Voice: A Letter to the World | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | N/A | Strange Arrivals | Director | Directing |
| Movie | N/A | Strange Arrivals | Executive Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2020 | The Innocence Files | Executive Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2020 | The Innocence Files | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2020 | One Story Up | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2020 | One Story Up | Executive Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2021 | High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2023 | The 1619 Project | Executive Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2023 | The 1619 Project | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1997 | Storyville | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2002 | Sheila Bridges: Designer Living | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1999 | Independent Lens | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2010 | Undercover Boss | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2018 | Dogs | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2016 | The New Yorker Presents | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2023 | The Super Models | Executive Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2023 | Savior Complex | Executive Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2023 | The Super Models | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2002 | Sheila Bridges: Designer Living | Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2002 | Sheila Bridges: Designer Living | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 2021 | High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America | Executive Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2002 | Life 360 | Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2020 | The Innocence Files | Creator | Creator |
| TV Show | 2002 | Sheila Bridges: Designer Living | Creator | Creator |
