SAUL WILLIAMS HIGHLIGHTS: • Starred in Sundance Award winning independent film, 'Slam', directed by Marc Levin • Lead actor in Holler If Ya Hear Me, the 2014 Tupac Shakur-inspired Broadway musical, directed by Kenny Leon • Has performed in over 30 countries including South Africa, Swaziland, Colombia, Brazil, Jamaica, Japan, Haiti and throughout Europe • Performed at reputable venues worldwide including Sydney Opera House (Sydney Arts Festival), The Louvre, Lincoln Center, MOMA (NY, Boston, Chicago, LA, Barcelona, Stockholm), MOCA, The Whitney Museum, The Getty Centre • Co-writer and star of Slam (1998) which won Grand Jury Prize (Sundance Film Festival) and Camera D’Or (Cannes Film Festival) • Lectured at over 300 Universities including Yale, Georgetown, Stanford, Harvard and Morehouse College, his alma mater. • Saul Williams named one of top 10 albums of 2004 by Rolling Stone Magazine • ,said the shotgun to the head & The Dead Emcees Scroll transcribed for symphonies by Swiss composer Thomas Kessler and performed in Berlin, Stuttgart, Vienna, Cologne and Oslo by National Philharmonic • Starred in Alain Gomis film, Aujourd’hui, premiering at the Berlin Film Festival • Collaborations include: Trent Reznor, Zack de la Rocha, Nas, Janelle Monae, KRS ONE, Sage Francis, Will Oldham, Buckethead, Serj Tankian • Invited to poetry reading at Michelle Obama’s first poetry reading at The White House • Tour support for Rage Against The Machine, Nine Inch Nails, Nas, The Mars Volta, System Of A Down, Les Claypool, My Morning Jacket, Gil Scott Heron, De La Soul
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