Roger Ross Williams, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Roger Ross Williams

American film director

Date of Birth: 13-Apr-1973

Place of Birth: South Carolina, United States

Profession: screenwriter, film director, film producer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Roger Ross Williams

  • Roger Ross Williams (born September 16, 1970) is an award-winning director, producer and writer and the first African American director to win an Oscar, with his short film Music by Prudence. Williams has directed a number of acclaimed films including Life, Animated, which won the Sundance Film Festival Directing Award, was nominated for an Academy Award and won three Emmys in 2018, including the award for Best Documentary.
  • He also directed God Loves Uganda, which was shortlisted for an Academy Award and American Jail, which examined the U.S.
  • prison system and premiered on CNN.
  • Williams’ directed Traveling While Black, a VR documentary made for Facebook’s Oculus, which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
  • His most recent film, The Apollo, a documentary about Harlem’s legendary Apollo Theater, was the opening night film of the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival and he is currently in pre-production on his first narrative feature film for Amazon Studios. His production company, One Story Up, is producing a variety of projects including two limited documentary series for Netflix.
  • Since 2016, Williams has been on the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, serving as chair of the Documentary Branch and the documentary Diversity Committee.
  • Williams serves on the Alumni Advisory Board of the Sundance Institute, the Advisory Board of Full Frame Festival, and the boards of the Tribeca Film Institute, Docubox Kenya, None On Record and the Zeitz Museum Of Contemporary Art Africa.
  • He resides in New York and Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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