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Name
Roger Ross Williams
Title
Oscar and Emmy Award-winning director
Bio
Roger Ross Williams is an award-winning director, producer, writer and the first African-American director to win an Academy Award ® with his short film Music By Prudence. His documentaries include Academy Award ® nominated and Emmy Award winning Life, Animated, as well as God Loves Uganda, Emmy-nominated and Webby-winning VR experience Traveling While Black, and Emmy Award winning The Apollo. Williams is currently working on his first narrative feature, Cassandro, produced by Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna’s production company La Corriente Del Golfo. Since 2016, Williams has been on the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences representing the Documentary Branch and is also Chair of the Documentary Diversity Committee. Williams serves on the advisory board of the Full Frame Film Festival, and the boards of Docubox Kenya, None On Record, and the Zeitz Museum Of Contemporary Art Africa. He resides in NY and Amsterdam.
