Douglas Williams

Biography

Douglas Williams is an award-winning playwright and filmmaker.

Williams’ play SHIP was awarded the M. Elizabeth Osborn New Play Award by the American Theatre Critics Association and was a finalist for the Steinberg Award.

His films have screened at the Atlanta Film Festival, Independent Film Festival Boston, the Philadelphia Film Society, the Arizona International Film Festival, the Crown Heights Film Festival and more.

Williams was the Playwright in Residence at Azuka Theatre for seven years, presenting three world premieres of his plays. His plays have also been produced and developed by Orbiter 3, SPACE on Ryder Farm, Theatre Horizon, Great Plains Theatre Conference, PlayPenn, Palm Bea...