Amie Williams

Amie Williams is an award winning producer/director specializing in film and video for NGO and international development organizations. Her films, such as the feature length Jula Kalr (Harsh Sun), Amani Noma (A Hard Peace), No Sweat and Uncommon Ground: From Los Angeles to South Africa have won numerous awards, including the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Peace Grant, the International Documentary David Wolper Award, a National Endowment for the Arts Media Grant, the SONY/Streisand Award for emerging female filmmakers among others. Amie’s work has appeared on the Discovery Channel, PBS, BBC, Current TV, Al Jazeera English and Kenya Television Nation. After graduating from Yale University, Amie lived and worked in Kenya as a teacher and health-communications consultant for the Ford Foundation and Care, International.