BIOGRAPHY
P. FRANK WILLIAMS
EMMY AND NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNING PRODUCER OF TV ONE’S UNSUNG, BET’S AMERICAN GANGSTER, WETV’S HIP HOP HOMICIDES AND DIRECTOR OF HULU’S HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL FREAKNIK: THE WILDEST PARTY NEVER TOLD.
It all began by writing love letters for his homies in the hood when he was just a teen. Since then, Emmy and 8-time NAACP winner P. Frank Williams has become one of the leading journalists and TV/Film producers of his generation. Williams is the Director and Executive Producer of the highly rated Hulu documentary FREAKNIK: THE WILDEST PARTY NEVER TOLD. Williams was also the showrunner and EP of the new Tubi true crime series KILLING HIP HOP, hosted by Angela Yee. He served as the executive producer and showrunner of the 50 Cent and Mona Scott-Young produced series HIP HOP HOMICIDES on WeTV and ALLBlk in 2022. The series, hosted by Van Lathan, investigated the murders of rappers like Pop Smoke,
Soulja Slim, XXXTentacion, Magnolia Shorty and more. He also was the EP/Showrunner of the Tina Knowles produced Discovery Plus & OWN's four-part series PROFILED: THE BLACK MAN.
He was a Co-Executive Producer for the BET show COPWATCH AMERICA, a documentary series about police brutality. Williams worked as an Executive Producer at TMZ and was a Supervising Producer for FOX’s WHO SHOT BIGGIE AND TUPAC. The Oakland native was a producer and co-host of the A&E Biography investigative series WHO KILLED TUPAC? about the murder of Tupac Shakur. He starred in that series with civil rights attorney Ben Crump. Williams was a director and senior producer for TV One's acclaimed UNSUNG and UNSUNG
HOLLYWOOD documentary series. He won multiple NAACP Image Awards for the series.
His other TV writing/producing credits include the NAACP IMAGE AWARDS on NBC, BET HONORS, BET HIP-HOP AWARDS, BET AWARDS and the VH1’S HIP HOP HONORS. He was on NBC’s Emmy winning team for the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece. Williams was formerly Executive Editor of The Source Magazine, where he wrote iconic cover stories about Suge Knight, Eazy-E, Tupac Shakur, Dr Dre and many more. And in the mid1990’s, he was a staff writer at the Los Angeles Times where he wrote hundreds of articles. He is the founder & president of For The Culture By The Culture Media Inc, an LA and ATL Based production company which produces inspirational TV, film, mobile and web content.
FILMOGRAPHY
Young Jeezy: A Hustlerz Ambition
December 2011
The documentary covers Jeezy's upbringing, including selling drugs in the traps of Atlanta from the age of 11, fighting against an FBI investigation due to an erroneous B.M.F. gang affiliation claim, and more.
Wu: The Story of the Wu-Tang Clan
November 2008
Wu: The Story of the Wu-Tang Clan is a 2007 documentary about the rise, fall, and rebirth of one of the all-time greats of hip-hop. I
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life
April 2021
Tony Sinclair, is a down on his luck late night DJ at a top radio station in Atlanta, GA. He's on air when a female caller asks him for advice about her failing relationship. Tony's advice to her is; "if it's not working, then leave."
THE RESIDUE YEARS
April 2014
The Residue Years (documentary) There are casualties.There are survivors.There are those that are both. Set against the world of crack cocaine and gang-banging in Northeast Portland in the late 1980s, Mitchell Jackson overcomes insurmountable hurdles to become an acclaimed author and creative writing professor at esteemed New York University.
A Madam's Heaven and Hell
March 2015
Sexy,sharp and a straight up hustle Jody'Stormy' Mattinson is one of the worlds most successful madam's.
WHO KILLED TUPAC
December 2017
Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump leads an investigation into the 1996 murder of influential rap artist Tupac Shakur.
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding News/Information – Series or Special
UNSUNG: NAACP IMAGE AWARDS
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding News/Information – Series or Special
UNSUNG: NAACP IMAGE AWARDS
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding News/Information – Series or Special
UNSUNG: NAACP IMAGE AWARDS