Megan Williams is an American film producer, director, and advocate for the

deaf Deafness has varying definitions in cultural and medical contexts. In medical contexts, the meaning of deafness is hearing loss that precludes a person from understanding spoken language, an audiological condition. In this context it is written ...

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Williams worked as a television journalist. Williams was an adjunct professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. In 1972, Williams, along with Allen Rucker,

Michael Shamberg Michael Shamberg (born March 22, 1944) is an American film producer and former Time–Life correspondent. Life and career His credits include '' Erin Brockovich'', ''A Fish Called Wanda'', '' Garden State'', ''Gattaca'', ''Pulp Fiction'' and ...

, Tom Weinberg, and Hudson Marquez, co-founded the video collective: TVTV, a collective of documentary filmmakers who ran ''guerrilla television''. Williams was awarded the 1974 "Alfred I. du Pont/Columbia University Award in Broadcast Journalism" ( DuPont Award) for her work on the documentary: Lord of the Universe. In 1988 Williams produced '' Language Says It All'', a film about the lives of parents and deaf children. ''Language Says It All'' was nominated for an

Academy Award The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in film. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence ...

for Best Documentary Short. For her long-term commitment in the field of deaf advocacy, Williams received the ''Lee Katz Award'' from the American Society for Deaf Children. Williams is one of the co-founders of the online platform Tripod, a platform geared toward the education and support of deaf people via appropriate materials and advice. Williams founded Tripod in 1982 and is herself the mother of two deaf children. In 2006, Williams made her directorial debut with ''Tell Me Cuba.'' Williams was married to producer

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