Kanbar Institute of Film & Television
 | Marco Williams |
Courses
Narrative Workshop Writing the Short Screenplay
Education
BA, Harvard University; MA UCLA; MFA, UCLA
Biography
A film maker and a film educator, Marco has been a full time teacher for eight years-- five at NYU and three at the North Carolina School of the Arts. He has also been a Visiting Lecturer at Duke University, teaching a video production course exploring diversity on campus. He teaches screenwriting, documentary, fiction and television production.
Williams is the Co-director and Co-producer of the award winning and nationally acclaimed, seminal documentary “Two Towns of Jasper.” The film was broadcast on P.O.V. on PBS. It was featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show, Nightline with Ted Kopple, and it was the centerpiece of a town hall meeting—Two Towns of Jasper: America in Black And White, anchored by Ted Kopple.
Marco is also the writer, director and producer of the award winning and nationally and internationally acclaimed documentary, “In Search of Our Fathers”. The film was broadcast on the PBS program “Frontline”. It has been exhibited at festivals throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia, including the Whitney Museum of American Art’s 1996 “Black Male Exhibition, the 1993 Whitney Biennial.
He is also the writer, director, and producer of the documentary “Making Peace: Rebuilding our Communities”, part of a four hour series profiling people working to heal the conditions that create violence in their communities.
Other producing and directing credits include the award-winning documentary short, “From Harlem to Harvard”, “The Pursuit of Happiness” with author Arrianna Huffington, the co-producer of “Uncommon Ground”, as well as reality –based television series: “Reunion and “Missing Reward”.
Marco is a nominated fiction film director as well. His dramatic short, “Without a Pass” was nominated for three Cableace Awards including Best Director of a Theatrical Special and Best Theatrical Special. It premiered on Showtime.
