Thursday, April 9th, 2015 at 11am
Studio Theater (Room 123) in the 248 Building
Roger Ross Williams directed God Loves Uganda, which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival to enormous critical acclaim. It was shortlisted for a 2014 Academy Award®, has won over a dozen awards and screened at over 60 film festivals worldwide. Williams also directed and produced Music by Prudence, which won the 2010 Academy Award® for documentary short subject. He is the first African American to win an Oscar® for directing and producing a film, short or feature.
Williams has several projects in development including a transmedia project with PBS called Traveling While Black, a feature documentary with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Ron Suskind called Life, Animated and a narrative feature film. Williams most recently had the honor of serving on the 2015 Sundance U.S. Documentary Jury and is an active member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.