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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. Producer: God Loves Uganda. The first film that Roger Ross Williams directed and produced was Music by Prudence (2010), which won the The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (2010)® for Best Documentary Short Subject; he is the first African American director to win an Academy Award.
Roger Ross Williams is an Oscar, Emmy and Peabody award-winning director, producer, writer, and the first African-American director to win an Academy Award ® with his short film MUSIC BY PRUDENCE. Williams’ award-winning work pushes the boundaries of culture and film.
Mar 10, 2023 · His win for documentary short for Music by Prudence was historic — Williams became the first Black director to be awarded an Oscar — and was the talk of the morning show circuit after the film ...
Sep 20, 2023 · Director Roger Ross Williams talks about his career and his current projects, The Supermodels, Cassandro, and Stamped From the Beginning.
Roger Ross Williams is an award-winning director, producer and writer and the first African American director to win an Academy Award.
Jan 11, 2024 · In the opening of Netflix’s Oscar-shortlisted documentary feature Stamped From the Beginning, director Roger Ross Williams asks a group of Black women scholars, all of whom appear throughout the...
Sep 14, 2023 · Roger Ross Williams reveals the advice Robert Redford gave him as he was making his first scripted movie, the Gael Garcia Bernal starrer Cassandro.
Roger Ross Williams. Producer: God Loves Uganda. The first film that Roger Ross Williams directed and produced was Music by Prudence (2010), which won the The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (2010)® for Best Documentary Short Subject; he is the first African American director to win an Academy Award.
Nov 22, 2023 · Our next guest, Roger Ross Williams, was the first African American director to win an Oscar and now has a collection of Emmy and Peabody awards under his belt.
