Roger Ross Williams
Birth Name:
Roger Ross Williams
Birth Place:
South Carolina, United States
Profession
Producer, Director, Writer
Awards
- 2010Oscar - Best Documentary, Short Subjects:Winner
- 2013Ashland Independent Film Award - Best Documentary: Feature Length:Winner
- 2013Grand Jury Prize - Documentary:Winner
- 2013Jury Award - Best Documentary Feature:Winner
- 2013Sheffield Youth Jury AwardWinner
- 2013Grand Jury Prize - Documentary:Nominated
- 2013Jury Award - Best Documentary:Winner
- 2014Young Adults Jury AwardNominated
- 2014Audience AwardNominated
- 2014Black Reel - Outstanding Documentary:Nominated
- 2014Grand Prize Chéries-Chéris - Documentary:Nominated
- 2016Audience Award - Documentary Feature:Winner
- 2016Oculus Award - Best Documentary:Winner
- 2016Student jury awardWinner
- 2016Critics' Choice Documentary Award - Best Director (Theatrical Feature):Nominated
- 2016Audience AwardWinner
- 2016Jury Award - Best International Documentary:Winner
- 2016Audience Award - Feature:Winner
- 2016Truly Moving Picture AwardWinner
- 2016Audience Award - Top 20 Audience Favorites:Nominated
- 2016Audience Award - IDFA Audience Award:Nominated
- 2016Most Popular DocumentaryNominated
- 2016Audience Award - Best Documentary Feature:Winner
- 2016Audience Award - Documentary:Winner
- 2016Golden Space Needle Award - Best Documentary:Nominated
- 2016Bronze Horse - Best Documentary:Nominated
- 2016Grand Jury Prize - Documentary:Nominated
- 2016Directing Award - Documentary:Winner
- 2016Special Jury Prize - Best Documentary:Winner
- 2017Oscar - Best Documentary Feature:Nominated
- 2017DocsNominated
- 2017Black Reel - Outstanding Documentary Feature:Nominated
- 2017Cinema Eye Audience Choice PrizeNominated
- 2017DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary:Nominated
- 2017OFTA Film Award - Best Documentary Picture:Nominated
- 2017PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures:Nominated
- 2018Best Documentary in Art for Children - Documentary in Art for Children:Winner
- 2018Emmy - Best Documentary:Winner
- 2018Emmy - Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary:Winner
- 2019IDA Award - Best Music Documentary:Nominated
- 2020Black Reel - Outstanding Documentary:Nominated
- 2020Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special:Winner
- 2022Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Anthology Series:Nominated
- 2022IDA Award - Best Multi-Part Documentary:Nominated
- 2023Berlinale Documentary AwardNominated
- 2023Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series:Winner
- 2023Audience Award - 24 Beats Per Second:Nominated
- 2024Black Reel - Outstanding Documentary:Nominated
- 2024Black Reel - Outstanding Documentary:Nominated
- 2024Black Reel - Outstanding Documentary:Nominated
- 2024Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Anthology Series:Winner
- 2024Cinema for Peace Award - Cinema for Peace Dove for Justice:Nominated
- 2024Grierson Award - Best History Documentary:Winner
- 2024Image Award - Outstanding Directing in a Documentary Television or Film:Nominated
- 2024PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television:Nominated
- 2024Primetime Emmy - Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking:Nominated
- 2025Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Anthology Series:Nominated