Q:What key details about roger ross williams  can be extracted from the following bio?  Bio: roger ross williams -lrb- born september 16 , 1962 -rrb- is an american television news , documentary and entertainment director , producer and writer . he directed most notably `` music by prudence '' that won the academy award for best documentary -lrb- short subject -rrb- , about a 21-year-old zimbabwean singer-songwriter prudence mabhena , who was born severely disabled and has struggled to overcome poverty and discrimination . all other seven members of prudence 's band `` liyana '' are also disabled . williams most recently 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 . roger ross williams is the first african american director to win an academy award in his category of documentary shorts , and the first ever african american director to win an academy award for directing and producing a film , short or feature . he is a member of a gullah family from south carolina , and has lived and worked in new york city for the past twenty-five years . williams attended northampton community college in bethlehem , pennsylvania and new york university in new york , ny . williams began his career producing political satire for comedy central and michael moore 's emmy award winning series tv nation . he has also produced and directed numerous primetime specials for pbs , abc , cbs , sundance channel and new york times television . he has won numerous awards for his tv work including a namic vision award and the national headliner for best human interest feature documentary . he started working in 1985 and has since worked for abc news , nbc news , msnbc , bbc , cnn and has produced work for comedy central , food network , tlc , vh1 he has directed prime-time reality -lrb- for abc and cbs -rrb- and produced a documentary series for discovery networks and a lifestyle series : sheila bridges designer living , for scripps networks...
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- birthplace is easton , pa , united states- birthdate is 1962 9 13- yearsactive is 1995 -- present- name is roger ross williams- occupation is film director screenwriter film producer